By: Marty Robbins 
Recorded in "F" 
 
CAPO: 3rd Fret 
 
 
INTRO: PLAY LINE BELOW INSTRUMENTALLY 
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As I walked out in Lar-edo one day. 
 
VERSE ONE 
 
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As I walked out in the streets of Lar-edo, 
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as I walked out in Lar-edo one day. 
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I spied a young cowboy wrapped all in white linen. 
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Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay. 


[Refrão]
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Oh beat the drums slowly..and play the pipe lowly 
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Sing the dead march..as you carry me along 
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Take me to the valley there lay the sod o?re me 
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I?m a young cowboy and know I?ve done wrong 
 
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VERSE TWO 
 
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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 be-side me and hear my sad story 
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Got shot in the breast and I know I must die. 
 
 
VERSE THREE 
 
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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 re-turned his sprit had left him 
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had gone to his maker, the cowboy was dead. 
 
 
CHORUS REPEAT 
 
    D              A          D              A 
Oh beat the drums slowly..and play the pipe lowly 
D              A            D         A 
Sing the dead march..as you carry me along 
     D          A           D            A 
Take me to the valley there lay the sod o?re me 
 D           A         D    A         D 
I?m a young cowboy and know I?ve done wrong