Ely Joe - Letter To Laredo guitar tab

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Letter to Laredo

Written and performed by Joe Ely,

appearing on his album, Letter to Laredo

Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)

Intro: HOT spanish flamenco guitar

Verse 1:

Em D

As I was riding across the Mississippi

Em D

I stopped there and I cried.

Em D G

No use for a man to keep a mighty river

G D

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:

Bm

Take this Letter to Laredo

F#

To the one I love

Bm

Tell her to stay low,

F#

'neath the clouds above

G D

Her love's my only alibi

Bm G

It's for her love I lied

D A

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:

Bm

Take this Letter to Laredo

F#

To the one I love

Bm

Tell her to stay low,

F#

'neath the clouds above

G D

Her love's my only alibi

Bm G

It's for her love I lied

D F#

Yeah, yeeaaahhh

Repeat Bm and F# and fade out