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
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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