Harry Belafonte – Scarlet Ribbons chords

Scarlet Ribbons:Harry Belafonte.
Hit the top ten in 1956. The Browns
recorded it in 1959 and it went to #13.

#1. (Capo 7th fret for original.)

D        Em7   A7       DI peeked in to say good night,
Em7   A7       Em7      D    and I heard my child in prayer.
 D       Em7      A7      D'And for me, some scarlet ribbons,
Em7     A7      Em7    Dscarlet ribbons for my hair.'

#2.
D       Em7         A7         DAll the stores were closed and shuttered,
Em7     A7           Em7      Dall the streets were dark and bare.
D      Em7      A7      DIn our town, no scarlet ribbons,
Em7     A7      Em7     Dscarlet ribbons for her hair.

CHORUS:
D           Em7      D7        GThrough the night my heart was aching,
Bm     F#+      Bm6      Em7    A7just before the dawn was break..ing..

#3.
D        Em7     A7     DI peeked in, and on her pillow,
   Em7    A7      Em7   Din gay profusion, lying there.
D     Em7      A7      DI saw ribbons, scarlet ribbons,
Em7     A7      Em7     Dscarlet ribbons for her hair.

CHORUS:#2.
D    Em7     D7   G  Em7If I live to be a hundred..
Bm     F#+   Bm6       Em7  A7I will never know from where..

#4.
D          Em7    A7      DCame those lovely scarlet ribbons,
Em7     A7      Em7 A9  Dscarlet ribbons for her hair.


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.