Willie Nelson - Streets Of Laredo

Tom: D

Intro:  D - G - A - D     

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1. As I walked out in the streets of Laredo,
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    as I walked out in Laredo one day.
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    I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen,
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    wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.
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2. "Oh beat the drums slowly and play the pipe lowly,
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    sing the Death March as you carry me along.
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    Take me to the valley, there lay the sod o'er me,
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    I'm a young cowboy and know I´ve done wrong."
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3. "I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy",
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    these words he did say as I boldly walked by.
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    "Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story,
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    got shot in the breast and I know I must die!"!
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4. "Go fetch me some water, a cool cup of water,
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    to cool my parched lips," then the poor cowboy said.
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    Before I returned his spirit had left him ,
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    had gone to his Maker, the cowboy was dead.