F As I walked out in the streets of Laredo C As I walked out in Laredo one day F I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen F Bb C F Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay F I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy C These words he did say as I boldly walked by F Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story F Bb C F Iʼm shot in the breast and I know I must die F It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing C Once in the saddle I used to go gay F First down to Rosieʼs and then to the card house F Bb C F Got shot in the breast and Iʼm dying today F Get sixteen gamblers to carry my coffin C Get six jolly cowboys to sing me a song F Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod oʼer me F Bb C F For Iʼm a young cowboy and I know Iʼve done wrong F Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin C Get six pretty maidens to sing me a song F Take me to the valley and lay the sod oʼer me F Bb C F For Iʼm a young cowboy, I know Iʼve done wrong F Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly C Play the Dead March as they carry me along F Put bunches of roses all over my coffin F Bb C F Roses to deaden the clods as they fall F As I walked out in the streets of Laredo C As I walked out in Laredo one day F I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen F Bb C F Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
