Scarlet ribbons (Listen to midi)

G Am D G

1. I peeked in to say goodnight,

C D C G

and then I heard my child in prayer.

G A D G

"Send to me some scarlet ribbons,

C D C G

scarlet ribbons for my hair."

G Am D G

2. All the stores were closed and shuttered,

C D C G

all the streets were dark and bare.

G A D G

In our town, no scarlet ribbons,

C D C G

not one ribbon for her hair.

G Am E Am

Through the night my heart was aching,

C B7 Em D7

just before the dawn was breaking.

G Am D G

3. I peeped in and on her bed

C D C G

in gay profusion lying there.

G A - D G

I saw ribbons, lovely, ribbons,

C D C G

scarlet ribbons for her hair.

G Am E Am - C B7 Em D7

If I live to be a hundred, I will never know from where

G Am D G - C D C G

came those lovely scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for her hair.

G - A - D - G - E - Am - D7 - G

(Frank Ifield)