Scarlet Ribbons chords by Jim Reeves

Chords with lyrics

Key: D MajorD

Intro:
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA A/D
(arpeggio)


Verse 1:
D MajorD    E minorEm   A augmentedA    D MajorD
I peeped in, to say goodnight
G+G     A augmentedA     G+G    D MajorD
And then I heard, my child in prayer
    E minorEm   A7A7     D MajorD
And for me some scarlet ribbons
G+G     A augmentedA   E minorEm D/AD/A
Scarlet ribbons, for my hair

Verse 2:
    G+G      A7A7     D MajorD
All the stores, were locked and shuttered
G+G    A augmentedA       E minorEm    D MajorD
All the streets, were dark and bare
    G+G    A augmentedA     D MajorD
In our town, no scarlet ribbons
  E minorEm     A augmentedA   E minorEm D/AD/A
No scarlet ribbons, for her hair

Bridge:
D MajorD      A7A7    D MajorD     G+G
Through the night, my heart was aching
   F# minorF#m    E minorEm    A augmentedA
Just, before the dawn was breaking

Verse 3:
D MajorD    E minorEm A augmentedA     D MajorD
I peeped in and on her bed
G+G      E minorEm     D MajorD
In gay profusion, lying there
      G+G   D/AD/A
Scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons
    G+G     A augmentedA   Em7/A  A augmentedA
Pretty scarlet ribbons, for her hair

Verse 4:
D MajorD           G+G
 If I live, to be a hundred
    Em/F#      A7A7
I will never, know from whe-ere
D MajorD     E MajorE    D/AD/A
Came those lovely, scarlet ribbons
G+G     A augmentedA   E minorEm A7A7 D MajorD   D MajorD
Scarlet ribbons, for her hair