Chords
Scarlet Ribbons

Key: G

Introduction:

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
G              C                 D7              G  
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
G                    C              D7            G  
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