THE EPILOGUE
As recorded by Shaboozey & Orville Peck
(From the 2026 Album THE OUTLAW CHERIE LEE & OTHER WESTERN TALES)
Capo 1st fret
* strum once and let ring
Intro
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Verse 1
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As I went walking the streets of Laredo
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As I went walking Laredo one day
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I saw a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen
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All wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
Verse 2
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So beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
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Sing the death march as you carry me on
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Take me to the valley and lay the soil on me
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For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong
