The Knoxville Girl chords by Brownie Ford
Verse 1
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It was the town of Knoxville,
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a town you all know well
Raised by honest parents,
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and the truth to you I'll tell
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I fell in love with a Knoxville girl,
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with dark and roving eyes
I asked this maiden to marry me,
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and me she didn't deny.
I fell in love with another girl,
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I loved her just as well.
The devil put it into my heart,
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my first true love to kill.
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I called upon my girl one night along
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about half past eight
To walk along, talk along
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and plan our wedding day
We walked along and talked along
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till we came to level ground
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I picked a stick up off the ground
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And I knocked that fair girl down
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Oh Lord, oh Lord, don't murder me here
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Oh Lord, oh Lord, she cried
Oh Billy, my dear,
don't murder me here
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For I'm unprepared to die
I paid no heed to the maiden,
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I only beat her more
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Till the ground around me
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within her blood did flow
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I picked her up by long curly hair,
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I drug her round and round
Then I threw her in the river
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that flows by Knoxville town
I went home about one o 'clock,
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my clothes were bloody old
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The explanation I gave to them
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had been bleeding at the nose
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So I called for a candle
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to light my way to bed
I called for a handkerchief
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to cool my aching head
Then I rolled and tumbled
the whole night through
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My dreams were living hell
They came from the town of Knoxville
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And they took me off to jail
I'm here to weather my life away
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Inside this dirty old jail
All because I murdered the Knoxville girl,
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The girl I loved so well.
The Knoxville Girl
Brownie Ford
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