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
