Pretty Boy Floyd chords by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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If you'll gather
'round me, children,
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A story I will tell
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'Bout Pretty Boy Floyd, an outlaw,
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Oklahoma knew him well.
It was in the town of Shawnee,
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A Saturday afternoon,
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His wife beside him in his wagon
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As into town they rode.

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Verse 2

There a deputy sheriff approached him

In a manner rather rude,

Vulgar words of anger,

An' his wife she overheard.

Verse 3

Pretty Boy grabbed a log chain,

And the deputy grabbed his gun;

In the fight that followed

He laid that deputy down.

Verse 4
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Then he took to the trees and timber
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To live a life of shame;
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Every crime in Oklahoma
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Was added to his name.
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Verse 5
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But a  many a starving farmer
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The same old story told
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How the outlaw paid their mortgage
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And saved their little homes.

Verse 6

Others tell you 'bout a stranger

That come to beg a meal,

Underneath his napkin

Left a thousand dollar bill.

Verse 7
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It was in Oklahoma City,
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It was on a Christmas Day,
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There was a whole car
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load of groceries
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Come with a note to say:

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Well, you say that I'm an outlaw,

You say that I'm a thief.

Here's a Christmas dinner

For the families on relief.

Verse 9
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Yes, as through this world
I've wandered
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I've seen lots of funny men;
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Some will rob you with a six- gun,
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And some with a fountain pen.

Verse 10
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And as through your life you travel,
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Yes, as through your life you roam,
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You won't never see an outlaw
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Drive a family from their home.