Knoxville Girl Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I met a little girl in Knoxville
[G]A town we all [D]know well
And every Sunday evening
[G]Out in her home [A]I'd dwell
We [D]decided to take an evening walk
[G]About a mile [D]from town
I picked a stick up off the ground
[A]And I Beat That Fair [D]Girl Down
She fell down on her bended knee
[G]for mercy she [D]did cry
Oh willy dear, don't kill me here,
[G]I'm unprepared [A]to die.
She nev[D]er spoke another word,
[G]I only beat [D]her more.
Until the ground around us,
[A]with all her blood [D]did pour.
I took her by her golden curls [G]and drug her round [D]and round,
Throwing(ed) her into the river [G]that flows
through Knoxville [A]town.
Go down, [D]go down you Knoxville girl
[G]with dark and rolling [D]eye.
Go down, go down you Knoxville girl,
[A]you can never be [D]my bride.
I headed back to Knoxville,
[G]got there about midnight.
[D]My mother she was worried
[G]and woke up in [A]a fright.[D][G][D]
I told my anxious mother
[A]I was bleeding out [D]my nose.
I called for me a candle
[G]to light myself [D]to bed.
I called for me a handkerchief
[G]to bind my [A]aching head
Rolled [D]and tumbled the whole night through
[G]as troubles was [D]for me
Like flames of hell around my bed [A]and
in my [D]eyes could see
They carried me down to Knoxville
[G]and put me in [D]a cell
My friends all tried to get me out
but none [G]could go [A]my bail
I'm here [D]to waste my life away
[G]down in this dirty [D]old jail.
Because I murdered that Knoxville girl,
[A]The girl I loved so
[D]Well...