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Letter to Laredo

Written and performed by Joe Ely,
appearing on his album, Letter to Laredo

Intro:  HOT spanish flamenco guitar

Verse 1:
EmEm Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 

As I was riding across the Mississippi
EmEm Piano Chord 
                  DD Piano Chord 

I stopped there and I cried.
EmEm Piano Chord 
                DD Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 

No use for a man to keep a mighty river
GG Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

All damned up inside.

Verse 2:
I jumped bail from the Sweetwater County
Now I'm on the run
On my head's, a 5 number bounty
For a crime, I never done.

Chorus:
BmBm Piano Chord 

Take this Letter to Laredo
F#F# Piano Chord 

To the one I love
BmBm Piano Chord 

Tell her to stay low,
F#F# Piano Chord 

'neath the clouds above
GG Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 

Her love's my only alibi
BmBm Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 

It's for her love I lied
DD Piano Chord 
           AA Piano Chord 

Yeah,  yeah, yeah

Verse 3:
Why did Frankie have to pull that trigger
Why did you have to hide
Sherriff thinks I was standin' with her
It's for her love I lied

Love will make a free man a prisoner
Make an honest man lie
Love can be tough love can be tender
It's my only alibi

Chorus

Break:  same chords as verse

Chorus:
BmBm Piano Chord 

Take this Letter to Laredo
F#F# Piano Chord 

To the one I love
BmBm Piano Chord 

Tell her to stay low,
F#F# Piano Chord 

'neath the clouds above
GG Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 

Her love's my only alibi
BmBm Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 

It's for her love I lied
DD Piano Chord 
        F#F# Piano Chord 

Yeah,  yeeaaahhh

Repeat Bm and F# and fade out