Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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out in the streets of
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As I walked out in
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I spied a poor cowboy wrapped
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Wrapped in white linen as cold
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as the clay
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you are a cowgirl
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These words he did speak as I slowly pass
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by
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Sit down beside me and
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hear my sad story
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I'm shot through the heart
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and I know I must die
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In the streets of
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Laredo
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In the streets of
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Laredo
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In the streets of
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Laredo
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In the streets of
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Laredo
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play the fife lowly
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Sound the dead march as
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you carry me along
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Take me to the green valley and
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lay the earth o 'er me
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I'm just a poor cowboy and
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I know I've done wrong
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In the streets of
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Laredo, in the streets of
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Laredo
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used to go dashing
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Once on the prairie that I used to play
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But I took to drinkin' and
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I took to gamblin'
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I'm shot through the heart
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and I'm dyin' today
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In the streets of
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Laredo, in the streets of
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Laredo
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Let six young gamblers carry my coffin
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Six young maidens sing me a song
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Take me to the
Green
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Valley and lay the earth on me
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I'm just a poor cowboy and
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I know I've done wrong
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In the streets of
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Laredo, in the streets of
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Laredo
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Go bring me back a cup of cold wa ter
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To cool my parched lips,
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Before I returned,
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his soul had departed
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Gone to his maker, the cowboy lay dead
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In the streets of
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Laredo, in the streets of
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Laredo
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played the fife lowly
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Sounded the dead march
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We all loved our cowboy so brave,
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All loved our cowboy and
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sang him this song
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In the streets of
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Laredo
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In the streets of
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Laredo
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Poor young cowboy cut down in his prime
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Poor young cowboy cut
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Wrapped in white linen as
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Wrapped in white linen
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Poor young cowboy, he's dying today
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In the streets of
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Laredo
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In the streets of
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Laredo
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In the streets of
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C
Laredo
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