Hey, Ukulelist in this post you will learn to play Streets Of Laredo Ukulele Chords by Johnny Cash.
Song Info
- Song: Streets Of Laredo
- Artist: Johnny Cash
- Written by Traditional
- Produced by Rick Rubin & Johnny Cash
- Album: Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West
- Released Date: November 5, 2002
Chords Info
- Tunning: Standard(G C E A)
- Chords: C, G, G7, F
- Key: C
- Capo: no capo
[Verse 1]
C G C G7
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
C F C G7
As I walked out in Laredo one day
C G C G7
I spied a young cowboy, wrapped all in white linen
C F G7 C
Wrapped in white linen, as cold as the day
[Verse 2]
C G C G7
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy
C F C G7
These words he did say as I boldly walked by
C G C G7
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story
C F G7 C
I'm shot in the breast, and I know I must die
[Verse 3]
C G C G7
It was once in the saddle; I used to go dashing.
C F C G7
Once in the saddle, I used to go gay.
C G C G7
First to the card house and then down to Rosie's
C F G7 C
But I'm shot in the breast, and I'm dying today.
[Verse 4]
C G C G7
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin.
C F C
Six dance-hall maidens to bear up my pall.
C G C G7
Throw bunches of Roses all over my coffin.
C F G7 C
Roses to deaden the clods as they fall.
[Verse 5]
C G C G7
Then, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
C F C G7
Sing the Death March as you carry me along
C G C G7
Take me to the green valley; there lay the sod o'er me
C F G7 C
I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong
[Verse 6]
C G C G7
Then go write a letter to my grey-haired mother,
C F C G7
An tell her the cowboy that she loved has gone.
C G C G7
But please not one word of the man who has killed me.
C F G7 C
Don't mention his name, so his name will pass on.
[Verse 7]
C G C G7
When thus he had spoken, the hot sun was setting.
C F G G7
The streets of Laredo grew cold as the clay.
C C G7
We took the young cowboy down to the green valley.
C F G7 C
And there stands his marker, as we carved that day.
[Verse 8]
C G C G7
We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly,
C F C G7
Played the dead march as we carried him along.
C G C G7
Down in the green valley, we laid the sod o'er him
C F G7 C C
He was a young cowboy, and he said he done wrong.
