Intro: HOT spanish flamenco guitar Verse 1: As I was riding across the Mississippi I stopped there and I cried. No use for a man to keep a mighty river 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: Take this Letter to Laredo To the one I love Tell her to stay low, 'neath the clouds above Her love's my only alibi It's for her love I lied 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 Chorus Break: same chords as verse Chorus: Take this Letter to Laredo To the one I love Tell her to stay low, 'neath the clouds above Her love's my only alibi It's for her love I lied Yeah, yeeaaahhh Repeat and fade out
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