F C7F C7F C7 F C7 As I walked out in the streets of LaredoF Bb F C7 As I walked out in Laredo one dayF C7 F C7 I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linenF Bb C7 F Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clayF C7 F C7 I see by your outfit that you are a cowboyF Bb F C7 These words he did say as I boldly walked byF C7 F C7 Come sit down beside me and hear my sad storyF Bb C7 F I'm shot in the breast and I know I must dieF C7 F C7 It was once in the saddle I used to go dashingContinúa después del anuncioF Bb F C7 Once in the saddle I used to go gayF C7 F C7 First down to Rosie's and then to the card houseF Bb C7 F Got shot in the breast and I'm dying todayF C7 F C7 Get sixteen gamblers to handle my coffinF Bb F C7 Get six jolly cowboys to sing me a songF C7 F C7 Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er meF Bb C7 F For I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrongF C7 F C7 Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffinF Bb F C7 Get six pretty maidens to sing me a songF C7 F C7 Take me to the valley and lay the sod o'er meF Bb C7 F For I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrongF C7 F C7 Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowlyF Bb F C7 Play the Dead March as they carry me alongF C7 F C7 Put bunches of roses all over my coffinF Bb C7 F Roses to deaden the clods as they fallF C7 F C7 As I walked out in the streets of LaredoF Bb F C7 As I walked out in Laredo one dayF C7 F C7 I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linenF Bb C7 F Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
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