Pretty Boy Floyd chords by
Country Joe Mcdonald

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Key: F major

Intro 1

Verse 1

Come gather round me children,

A story I will tell

About Pretty Boy Floyd the outlaw,

Oklahoma knew him well.

Verse 2

It was in the town of Shawnee,

It was a Saturday afternoon,

His wife beside him in the wagon

As into town they rode.

Verse 3
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There a deputy sheriff approached him
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In a manner rather rude
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Using vulgar words of language
And his wife she overheard.
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Verse 4

Pretty Boy grabbed a log chain

And the deputy grabbed a gun

And in the fight that followed

He laid that deputy down.

Interlude 1

Verse 5

Then he took to the trees and timbers

And he lived a life of shame,

Every crime in Oklahoma

Was added to his name.

Verse 6

Yes he took to the trees and timbers

On that Canadian River's shore

And Pretty Boy found a welcome

At many a farmer's door.

Verse 7
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There's many a starving farmer
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The same old story told
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How the outlaw paid their mortgage
And saved their little home.
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Verse 8
Mothers tell you 'bout a stranger
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That came to beg a meal
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And underneath his napkin
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Left a thousand dollar bill.

Interlude 2

Verse 9

Now as through the world I ramble

I see lots of funny men

Some will rob you with a six- gun

Some with a fountain pen.

Verse 10

But as through life you travel,

Yes, as through life you roam,

You'll never see an outlaw

Outro 1

Drive a family from their home.

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