Streets of Laredo

by Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Etc.

With Chords for Guitar, Piano, Etc. to give a rough idea of the arrangement,

This version has a different melody for the Chorus.

Capo 1: (Key Bb: Play: A)

Verse Chords:

A E7 A E7 A D B7 E7

A E7 A E7 A D E7 A

Chorus Chords:

A A D D A F#m7 B7 E7

A A D D A F#m7 E7 A

5 -5 6 5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -3bb 3

As – I walked out on the streets of Laredo

3 4 4 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4

As I walked out on Laredo one day

5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -3bb 3

I – spied a young cowboy all – wrapped in white linen

4 4 4 -5 -5 6 -5 5 4 -3 4

Wrapped in white linen as – cold as the clay

6 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 -5 -5 -5 -6 7

Oh – beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly

6 6 6 -6 6 5 -4 5 -4 4 -4

Beat the Dead March as you carry me a long

6 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 -5 -5 -5 -6 7

Take me to the Green Valley and lay the sod o’er me

-6 6 6 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 -4 4

For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong