G        Am7    D7       G 
I peeked in to say good night, 
 Am7   D7        Am7     G 
And I heard my child in prayer. 
  G      Am7        D7     G 
"And for me, some scarlet ribbons, 
  Am7     D7     Am7     G 
Scarlet ribbons for my hair." 
 

 G      Am7       D7           G 
All our town was closed and shuttered, 
Am7       D7         Am7        G 
All the streets were dark and bare; 
G       Am7      D7       G 
In our town, no scarlet ribbons, 
Am7     D7      Am7      G 
Scarlet ribbons for her hair. 
 
Bridge 1: 
   G        Am7       G7       C 
Through the night my heart was aching; 
 Em     B+      Em6      Am7   D7  
Just before the dawn was break-ing, 
 

G        Am7     D7     G 
I peeked in, and on her pillow, 
    Am7    D7     Am7    G 
In gay profusion lying there, 
G     Am7     D7          G 
I saw ribbons,  scarlet ribbons, 
Am7      D7      Am7      G 
Scarlet ribbons for her hair. 
 
Bridge 2: 
G     Am7    G7    C   Am7 
If I live to be a hun-dred 
Em     B+     Em6       Am7   D7 
I will never know from where 
G           Am7    D7          G 
Came those ribbons,   scarlet ribbons, 
Am7      D7     Am7 D9   G 
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.