Knoxville Girl chords by
The Louvin Brothers

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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I met a liitle girl in Knoxville,
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a town we all know well
And every Sunday evening,
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out in her home, I'd dwell
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We went to take an evening walk
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about a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground
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and knocked that fair girl down

Verse 2
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She fell down on her bended knees,
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for mercy she did cry
"Oh Willy dear, don't kill me here,
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I'm unprepared to die"
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She never spoke another word,
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I only beat her more
Until the ground around me with
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in her blood did flow

Interlude 1

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Verse 3
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I took her by her golden curls and
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I drug her round and around
Throwing her into the river that
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flows through Knoxville town
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Go down, go down,
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you Knoxville girl with the dark and rolling eyes
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl,
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you can never be my bride

Verse 4
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I started back to Knoxville,
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got there about midnight
My mother, she was worried
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and woke up in a fright
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Saying "dear son,
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what have you done to bloody your clothes so?"
I told my anxious mother I was
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bleeding at my nose

Interlude 2

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Verse 5
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I called for me a candle to light myself to bed
I called for me a handkerchief
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to bind my aching head
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Rolled and tumbled the whole night through,
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as troubles was for me
Like flames of hell around my bed
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and in my eyes could see

Verse 6
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They carried me down to
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Knoxville and put me in a cell
My friends all tried to get me out
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but none could go my bail
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I'm here to waste my life away
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down in this dirty old jail
Because I murdered that Knoxville girl,
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the girl I loved so well

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