D  D  A  A/D
(arpeggio)

[Verse 1]
D        Em     A       D
I peeped in, to say goodnight
G          A         G        D
And then I heard, my child in prayer
        Em      A7         D
And for me some scarlet ribbons
G          A     Em  D/A
Scarlet ribbons, for my hair

[Verse 2]
        G            A7         D
All the stores, were locked and shuttered
G       A             Em       D
All the streets, were dark and bare
       G        A          D
In our town, no scarlet ribbons
   Em         A     Em  D/A
No scarlet ribbons, for her hair

[Bridge]
D           A7        D         G
Through the night, my heart was aching
      F#m        Em       A
Just, before the dawn was breaking

[Verse 3]
D        Em A          D
I peeped in and on her bed
G            Em         D
In gay profusion, lying there
           G     D/A
Scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons
       G          A     Em7/A   A
Pretty scarlet ribbons, for her hair

[Verse 4]
D                      G
 If I live, to be a hundred
       Em/F#            A7
I will never, know from whe-ere
D          E       D/A
Came those lovely, scarlet ribbons
G          A     Em  A7  D     D
Scarlet ribbons, for her hair