Knoxville Girl

歌詞

(verse 1) D I met a little girl in Knoxville G D A town we all know well D And every Sunday evening G A Out in her home I'd dwell D We decided to take an evening walk G D About a mile from town D I picked a stick up off the ground G D And beat that fair girl down (Right here you go nuts all over the d chord for two bars) (verse 2) D G D She fell down on her bended knee for mercy she did cry D G A "Oh Willy dear, don't kill me here, I'm unprepared to die." D G D She never spoke another word, I only beat her more. D G D Until the ground around us, with all her blood did pour. (Nuts on the D) (verse 3) D G D I took her by her golden curls and drug her round and round, D G A throwing(ed) her into the river that flows through Knoxville town. D G D Go down, go down you Knoxville girl with dark and rolling eye. D G D Go down, go down you Knoxville girl, you can never be my bride. D (verse 4) D G D I headed back to Knoxville, got there about midnight. D G A My mother she was worried and woke up in a fright. D G D Saying, "dear son what have you done to bloody your clothes so?" D G D I told my anxious mother I was bleeding out my nose. D (verse 5) D G D I called for me a candle to light myself to bed. D G A I called for me a hankercheif to bind my aching head D G D Rolled and tumbled the whole night through as troubles was for me D G D Like flames of Hell around my bed and in my eyes could see D (verse 6) D G D They carried me down to Knoxville and put me in a cell D G A My friends all tried to get me out but none could go my bail D G D I'm here to waste my life away down in this dirty old jail. D Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, G(once) The girl I loved so D(once) well...