Pretty Boy Floyd chords by
The Byrds

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Key: G major

Verse 1
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C C 
 
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D D 
 
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C C 
 
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Well gather round children,
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G G 
 
a story I will tell
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G G 
 
About pretty boy Floyd the outlaw,
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G G 
 
Oklahoma knew him well

Verse 2
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It was in the town of Shawnee
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on a Saturday afternoon
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G G 
 
C C 
 
His wife beside him in a wagon as into
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town they rode
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D D 
 
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Verse 3
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And along come a deputy sheriff
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G G 
 
in a manner rather rude
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Using vulgar words of language
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and his wife she overheard

Verse 4
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And pretty boy Floyd grabbed a long chain,
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G G 
 
and the deputy grabbed a gun
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G G 
 
And in the fight that followed,
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G G 
 
he laid that deputy down
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G G 
 
D D 
 
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Verse 5
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Then he ran through the trees and bushes
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G G 
 
and lived a life of shame
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G G 
 
Every crime in Oklahoma
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G G 
 
was added to his name

Verse 6

G

He ran through trees and bushes

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G

on the Ca nadian River shore

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G

And many a starving farmer

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G

opened up his door

Verse 7
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C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
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C C 
 
It
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was in Oklahoma City,
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G G 
 
it was on a Christmas Day
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G G 
 
A whole carload of groceries
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G G 
 
and a letter that did say

Verse 8
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You say that I'm an outlaw,
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G G 
 
you say that I'm a thief
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Well, here's a Christmas dinner for the
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G G 
 
families on relief
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G G 
 
D D 
 
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Verse 9
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G G 
 
As through this life you travel,
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G G 
 
you meet some funny men
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Some rob you with a six- gun,
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G G 
 
some with a fountain pen

Verse 10
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As through this life you ramble,
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G G 
 
as through this life you roam
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G G 
 
You'll never see an outlaw take a
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G G 
 
family from their home
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G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C

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