[Intro]
   G             G
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[Verse 1]
G        Am    D        G
I peeped in to say good night
C       D      C        G
Where I saw my child in prayer
G         Am      D       G
"Send for me some scarlet ribbons
C         D       C      G       D
- Scarlet ribbons for my hair"


[Verse 2]
G       Am          D7         G
All the stores were closed and shuttered
C         D            C        G
- All the streets were dark and bare
G      Am      D7      G
In our town no scarlet ribbons
C         D       C       G
- Scarlet ribbons for her hair


[Chorus]
G       Am       Bm        C
All the night my heart was aching
Am     Bm       C        G         D
Just before the dawn was breaking


[Verse 3]
G        Am     D7     G
I peeped in and on her bed
   C      D      C     G
In gay profusion lying there
G     Am     D7      G
I saw lovely scarlet ribbons
C         D       C       G
- Scarlet ribbons for her hair


[Chorus]
G    Am      Bm   C
If I live to be a hundred
Am     Bm    C         D7
I will never know from where


[Outro]
G          Am     D7      G
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
C         D7      C   D   G      C G
- Scarlet ribbons for her hair