The Knoxville Girl Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[D]I met a little
girl in Knoxville
[G]A town we all know [D]well
And every Sunday evening
Out [E]in her home I'd [A]dwell

[Verse 2]
We [D]went to take an evening walk
[G]About a mile from [D]town
I picked a stick up off the ground
And [A]knocked that fair girl [D]down

[Verse 3]
She [D]fell down on her bended knees
[G]For mercy she [D]did cry
Oh, Willie dear, don't kill me here
I'm [E]unprepared [A]to die

[Verse 4]
She [D]never spoke another word
I [G]only beat her [D]more
Until the ground around me
[A]Within her blood [D]did flow

[Verse 5]
I [D]took her by her golden curls
And I [G]drug her 'round [D]and 'round
Throwing her into the river
[E]That flows through Knoxville [A]town

[Verse 6]
Go [D]down, go down, you Knoxville girl
With the [G]dark and roving [D]eyes
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl
You can [A]never be my [D]bride

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
[D]I started back to Knoxville
Got [G]there about [D]mid[G] ni[D]ght
My mother she was worried
And [E]woke up in [A]a fright
[G]Say

[Verse 8]
[D]ing, "Dear son,
what have you done
[G]To bloody your [D]clothes so?"
I told my anxious mother
I was [A]bleeding at my [D]nose

[Verse 9]
[D]I called for me a candle
To [G]light myself [D]to bed
I called for me a handkerchief
[E]To bind my aching [A]head[G]

[Verse 10]
[D]Rolled and tumbled the whole night through
As [G]troubles was for [D]me
Like flames of hell around my bed
And [A]in my eyes could [D]see
[A]They car

[Verse 11]
[D]ried me down to Knoxville
And [G]put me in [D]a cell
[A]My [D]friends all tried to get me out
But [E]none could go my [A]bail

[Verse 12]
I'm [D]here to waste my life away
Down [G]in this dirty old [D]jail
Because I murdered that Knoxville girl
[A]The girl I loved so [D]well[A]

[Outro 1]
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