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 (xx0232@1)      Em7   A7 (x02020@1)     DI (xx0232@1)peeked in to say good night,
Em7   A7 (x02020@1)     Em7      D (xx0232@1)  
and I heard my child in prayer.
 D (xx0232@1)     Em7      A7 (x02020@1)    D'And (xx0232@1)for me, some scarlet ribbons,
Em7     A7 (x02020@1)    Em7    Dscarlet (xx0232@1)ribbons for my hair.'

#2.
D (xx0232@1)     Em7         A7 (x02020@1)       DAll (xx0232@1)the stores were closed and shuttered,
Em7     A7 (x02020@1)         Em7      Dall (xx0232@1)the streets were dark and bare.
D (xx0232@1)    Em7      A7 (x02020@1)    DIn (xx0232@1)our town, no scarlet ribbons,
Em7     A7 (x02020@1)    Em7     Dscarlet (xx0232@1)ribbons for her hair.

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)         Em7      D7 (xx0212@1)      GThrough (320003@1)the night my heart was aching,
Bm (x24432@1)   F#+      Bm6 (x20102@1)    Em7    A7just (x02020@1)before the dawn was break..ing..

#3.
D (xx0232@1)      Em7     A7 (x02020@1)   DI (xx0232@1)peeked in, and on her pillow,
   Em7    A7 (x02020@1)    Em7   Din (xx0232@1)gay profusion, lying there.
D (xx0232@1)   Em7      A7 (x02020@1)    DI (xx0232@1)saw ribbons, scarlet ribbons,
Em7     A7 (x02020@1)    Em7     Dscarlet (xx0232@1)ribbons for her hair.

CHORUS:#2.
D (xx0232@1)  Em7     D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)Em7
If I live to be a hundred..
Bm (x24432@1)   F#+   Bm6 (x20102@1)     Em7  A7I (x02020@1)will never know from where..

#4.
D (xx0232@1)        Em7    A7 (x02020@1)    DCame (xx0232@1)those lovely scarlet ribbons,
Em7     A7 (x02020@1)    Em7 A9 (x02423@1)Dscarlet (xx0232@1)ribbons for her hair.


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.