Jim Ed Brown - Scarlet Ribbons Chords

G        C     D7       G
I peeked in to say good night 

C      D7        C        G
When I heard  my child in prayer

          C        D7      G
Send dear God some scarlet ribbons

C       D7      C      G
Scarlet ribbons for my hair


        D7          G          C
All the stores were closed and shuttered

        E7           A7       D7
All the streets were dark and bare

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In our town no scarlet ribbons

C       D7     C       G
Not one ribbon for her hair


            D7       G         C
Through the night my heart was aching

       E7       A7       D7
Just before the dawn was breaking

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I peeked in and on her bed 

   C       D7     C     G
In gay pro fusion lying there

      C       D7      G
I saw ribbons scarlet ribbons 

C       D7      C       G
Scarlet ribbons for her hair


     D7      G    C
If I live to be a hundred 

       E7    A7        D7
I will never know from where

G          C      D7      G
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
 
C       D7      C   D7  G
Scarlet ribbons for her hair