Pretty Boy Floyd chords by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
If you'll gather (G major)
'round me, children,
A (C major) story I will (G major) tell
'Bout (C major) Pretty Boy Floyd, an (D major) outlaw,
Ok (C major) lahoma knew him (G major) well.
It was in the town of Shawnee,
A (C major) Saturday after (G major) noon,
His wife be (C major) side him in his (D major) wagon
As (C major) into town they (G major) rode.
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Verse 2
There a (G major) deputy sheriff approached him
In a (C major) manner rather (G major) rude,
(C major) Vulgar words of an (D major) ger,
An' his (C major) wife she over (G major) heard.
Verse 3
Pretty Boy grabbed a log chain, (G major)
And the (C major) deputy grabbed his (G major) (C major) gun;
In the fight that fol (D major) lowed
He (C major) laid that deputy (G major) down.
Verse 4
Then he took (G major) to the trees and timber
To live (C major) a life of (G major) shame;
Every (C major) crime in Oklaho (D major) ma
Was (C major) added to his name. (G major)
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Verse 5
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But (C major) (D major) (C major) (G major) a many a starving farmer
The same (C major) old story (G major) told
How the out (C major) law paid their (D major) mortgage
And (C major) saved their little (G major) homes.
Verse 6
Others tell you (G major) 'bout a stranger
That (C major) come to beg a meal, (G major)
Un (C major) derneath his nap (D major) kin
Left a (C major) thousand dollar (G major) bill.
Verse 7
It was in Oklahoma (G major) City,
It was (C major) on a Christmas (G major) Day,
There was a whole (C major) car
load of gro (D major) ceries
Come with a (C major) note to (G major) say:
Verse 8
Well, you say that I'm (G major) an outlaw,
You say (C major) that I'm a thief. (G major)
(C major) Here's a Christmas (D major) dinner
For the fam (C major) ilies on re (G major) lief.
Verse 9
Yes, as through this world (G major)
I've wandered
I've seen (C major) lots of funny (G major) men;
Some will rob (C major) you with a six- (D major) gun,
And some (C major) with a fountain (G major) pen.
Verse 10
And as (G major) through your life you travel,
Yes, as through (C major) your life you (G major) roam,
You won't (C major) never see an out (D major) law
Drive a (C major) family from their (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) home.
Pretty Boy Floyd
Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie
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