Key: G major•
Verse 1
D
G
C
I met a lil' girl in Knoxville town,
we all know well
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G
about a half a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground
D
G
and knocked that fair girl down
Verse 2
G
She fell down on her bended knee,
C
G
for mercy she did cry
"Oh Willie, dear, don't kill me here,
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G
I only beat her more
her blood did flow
G
Verse 3
I took her by her golden curls,
C
G
I swung her round and round
through Knoxville town
you Knoxville girl
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G
With your dark and roaming eye
Go there, go there,
you Knoxville girl
my bride
G
Verse 4
Well, I started out walking home,
C
G
what have you done to bloody your clothes?"
I told my anxious mother I'd been
G
Verse 5
They took me down to Knoxville,
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G
they locked me in a cell
I said my friends to get me out,
C
G
I am locked in this dirty old cell
But they can only kill me,
Outro 1
G
C
D
G
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G C
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