Scarlet Ribbons For Her Hair Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][D][Em][A][D][Em][Am][A][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]I peeked
[Em]in t[A]o say good- ni[D]ght[G]
When I [A]heard my child in [D]prayer
"And for [Em]me, some [A]scarlet [D]ribbons
[G]Scarlet rib[A]bons for my hai[D]r."

[Verse 2]
[D]All the [Em]stores [A]were closed [D]and shuttered[G]
All [A]the streets were dark and [D]bare
In our [Em]town, no [A]scarlet [D]ribbons[G]
Not one [A]ribbons for her hair.
[D]

[Verse 3]
Through the [A]night my [D]heart was [G]aching
[Gm]Just [G]befor[A]e the daw[D]n
was [A]breaking.

[Verse 4]
[A]I peeked [B]in [C#m]and on[D] he[Em]r bed[A][D]
In [G]gay profu[A]sion [D]lying there
Lovely [Em]ribbons, [A]scarlet rib[D]bons[G]
Scarlet [A]ribbons for her [D]hair.

[Verse 5]
[D]If I [A]live to [D]be a [G]hundred
[Gm]I will nev[A]er kno[D]w
from [A]where[B][C#m]
[D]Came those [Em]lovely[A]
scarlet [D]ribbons[G]
Scarlet [A]ribbons [G]for [A]her hair...

[Outro 1]
[D][Em][A]