Pretty Boy Floyd chords by
David Dondero

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

G

G

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Gather round me children,

C

C

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G

G

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a story I will tell

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C

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D

D

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About pretty boy Floyd an outlaw,

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C

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G

G

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Oklahoma knew him well

Was in the town of Shawnee

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C

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G

G

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on a Saturday af ternoon

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C

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D

D

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His wife beside him in a wagon,

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C

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G

G

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where in the town they rode

A deputy sheriff stopped them

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C

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D

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G

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in a manner rather rude

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C

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D

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Using vulgar words of language,

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C

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G

G

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and his wife she overheard.

Now pretty boy grabbed the log chain,

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C

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G

G

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the deputy grabbed his gun.

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C

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D

D

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The fight that did follow,

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C

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G

G

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well laid the deputy down.

He took to the trees and timber

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C

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G

G

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to lead a life of shame

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C

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D

D

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And every crime in Oklahoma

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C

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G

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C

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G

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D

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C

C

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G

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was added to his name

Many starving farmers,

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C

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G

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yeah the same old story told

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C

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D

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How an outlaw paid their mortgage,

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G

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and saved their little home

Well there's a tale about a stranger

C

C

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G

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Who had come to beg a meal

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C

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D

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And underneath his napkin

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C

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G

G

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Left a thousand dollar bill

It was in Oklahoma City

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C

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G

G

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This was on a Christmas day

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C

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D

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We found a whole carload of groceries

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C

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G

G

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with a note that read

Now you say that I'm an outlaw,

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C

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G

G

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you say that I'm a thief

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C

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D

D

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So here's a Christmas dinner

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C

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G

G

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to help those workers on relief

It's through this world you'll ramble

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C

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D

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G

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You'll see a lot of funny men

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C

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D

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Some will rob you with a six -gun

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C

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G

G

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Some with a fountain pen

Yeah through the world we ramble

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C

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G

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Yeah through the world we'll roam

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C

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D

D

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But you'll never see an outlaw

C

C

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drive a family from their home.

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C ₃

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Chords

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The original key of Pretty Boy Floyd by David Dondero is G major.

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