G5        A5    D5       G5 
I peeked in to say good night, 
 A5   D5        A5     G5 
And I heard my child in prayer. 
  G5      A5        D5     G5 
"And for me, some scarlet ribbons, 
  A5     D5     A5     G5 
Scarlet ribbons for my hair." 
 

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All our town was closed and shuttered, 
A5       D5         A5        G5 
All the streets were dark and bare; 
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In our town, no scarlet ribbons, 
A5     D5      A5      G5 
Scarlet ribbons for her hair. 
 
Bridge 1: 
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Through the night my heart was aching; 
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Just before the dawn was break-ing, 
 

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I peeked in, and on her pillow, 
    A5    D5     A5    G5 
In gay profusion lying there, 
G5     A5     D5          G5 
I saw ribbons,  scarlet ribbons, 
A5      D5      A5      G5 
Scarlet ribbons for her hair. 
 
Bridge 2: 
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If I live to be a hun-dred 
E5     B5     E5       A5   D5 
I will never know from where 
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Came those ribbons,   scarlet ribbons, 
A5      D5     A5 D5   G5 
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.
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