Streets Of Laredo chords by Don Edwards

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Verse 1
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 (D major) As I  (A major)  (D major) walked  (A major) out in
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the streets  (B minor) of Laredo,  (A major) 
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I  (D major) walked  (A major) out in Lare (B minor) do one day.  (A major) 
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I spied  (D major) a young cowboy  (A major) 
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wrapped  (B minor) up  in white lin (A major) en
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Wrapped  (D major) in white  (E minor) linen
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and cold  (A major) as the clay
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 (D major) I see by your  (A major) outfit
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that  (B minor) you are a  (A major) cowboy
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These  (D major) words he did  (A major) say
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as I  (B minor) boldly stepped  (A major) by
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Come sit  (D major) down beside  (A major) me
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and  (B minor) hear my sad  (A major) story
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Shot  (D major) in the  (E minor) breast and I know  (A major) I must  (D major) die
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Oh, beat the drum slowly  (A major) 
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and  (B minor) play the fife  (A major) lowly
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 (B minor) Play  (D major) the dead  (A major) march
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as you carry  (B minor) me along  (A major) 
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Take  (D major) me to the  (A major) valley
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and  (B minor) lay the sod  (A major) o  'er me
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I'm  (D major) a young cow (E minor) boy,
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I know  (A major) I've done wrong  (D major) 
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Once in the  (A major) saddle, I  (B minor) used to go dashing
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 (A major) Once  (D major) in the  (A major) saddle, I used  (B minor) to go  (A major) gazing
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First  (D major) to the  (A major) drem house
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and  (B minor) then to the  (A major) cart house
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Got  (D major) shot in the  (E minor) breast
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and I'm  (A major) dying today  (D major) 
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Go bring me some  (A major) water,
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a  (B minor) cool cup of  (A major) water
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To cool  (D major) my parched  (A major) lips,
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the  (B minor) young cowboy said  (A major) 
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And before  (D major) I re (A major) turned, his  (B minor) spirit had  (A major) left
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And  (D major) gone to his  (E minor) maker,
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the cowboy  (A major) was dead
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 (D major) We beat the drum slowly  (A major) 
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and played  (B minor) the fife lowly  (A major) 
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 (D major) Bitterly  (A major) wept as we  (B minor) bore him alone  (A major) 
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We  (D major) all loved our  (A major) comrade,
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so  (B minor) brave, young, and  (A major) handsome
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We  (D major) all loved our  (E minor) comrade,
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although  (A major) he'd done more
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