Key: D
Introduction:
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.
I jumped bail from the Sweetwater County
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
Why did Frankie have to pull that trigger
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