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Jim Reeves\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\nC<\/span>  C<\/span>  G<\/span>  G\/C<\/span>\r\n(arpeggio)\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nC<\/span>        Dm<\/span>     G7<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\nI peeped in, to say goodnight\r\n    F<\/span>      G7<\/span>        F<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nAnd then I heard, my child in prayer\r\nC       Dm<\/span>      G7<\/span>         C<\/span>\r\nAnd for me some scarlet ribbons\r\nF<\/span>          G7<\/span>     F<\/span>     C\/G<\/span>\r\nScarlet ribbons, for my hair\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nC<\/span>       Dm<\/span>            G7<\/span>         C<\/span>\r\nAll the stores, were locked and shuttered\r\nF<\/span>       G7<\/span>             F<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nAll the streets, were dark and bare\r\n       F<\/span>        G7<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nIn our town, no scarlet ribbons\r\n   F<\/span>         G7<\/span>      F<\/span>      C\/G<\/span>\r\nNo scarlet ribbons, for her hair\r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nC<\/span>           G7<\/span>        C<\/span>         F<\/span>\r\nThrough the night, my heart was aching\r\nDm<\/span>     Em<\/span>        F<\/span>       G7sus<\/span>\r\nJust, before the dawn was breaking\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nC<\/span>        Dm<\/span>     G<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\nI peeped in and on her bed\r\n   F<\/span>       G7<\/span>      F<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\nIn gay confusion, lying there\r\nC<\/span>         Dm<\/span>     G7<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nScarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons\r\n       F<\/span>         G7<\/span>      F<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\nPretty scarlet ribbons, for her hair\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nC<\/span>     Cmaj7<\/span>    C7<\/span>   F<\/span>\r\n If I live, to be a hundred\r\nDm     EM     F         G7\r\nI will never, know from whe-ere\r\nC          Dm      G7      C\r\nCame those lovely, scarlet ribbons\r\nF         G7     Dm  G7  C\r\nScarlet ribbons, for her hair<\/span><\/pre>\n
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Jim Reeves [Intro] C C G G\/C (arpeggio) [Verse 1] C Dm G7 C I peeped in, to say goodnight F G7 F C And then I heard, my child in prayer C Dm G7 C And for me some scarlet ribbons F G7 F C\/G Scarlet ribbons, for my … CLICK TO VIEW SONGScarlet Ribbon<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28318,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28317\/revisions\/28318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}