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Intro: F C7 F C7 F C7 As I walked out in the streets of Laredo F Bb F C7 As I walked out in Laredo one day F C7 F C7 I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen F Bb C7 F Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay F C7 F C7 I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy F Bb F C7 These words he did say as I boldly walked by F C7 F C7 Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story F Bb C7 F I'm shot in the breast and I know I must die F C7 F C7 It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing F Bb F C7 Once in the saddle I used to go gay F C7 F C7 First down to Rosie's and then to the card house F Bb C7 F Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today F C7 F C7 Get sixteen gamblers to handle my coffin F Bb F C7 Get six jolly cowboys to sing me a song F C7 F C7 Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me F Bb C7 F For I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong F C7 F C7 Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin F Bb F C7 Get six pretty maidens to sing me a song F C7 F C7 Take me to the valley and lay the sod o'er me F Bb C7 F For I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong F C7 F C7 Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly F Bb F C7 Play the Dead March as they carry me along F C7 F C7 Put bunches of roses all over my coffin F Bb C7 F Roses to deaden the clods as they fall F C7 F C7 As I walked out in the streets of Laredo F Bb F C7 As I walked out in Laredo one day F C7 F C7 I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen F Bb C7 F Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
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