Key: F major•
Intro 1
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Eb
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Bb
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Verse 1
girl in Knoxville
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A town we all know well
And every Sunday evening
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C
Out in her home I'd dwell
Verse 2
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About a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground
C
F
And knocked that fair girl down
Verse 3
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For mercy she did cry
Oh, Willie dear, don't kill me here
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I'm unprepared to die
Verse 4
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I only beat her more
Until the ground around me
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Within her blood did flow
Verse 5
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And I drug her 'round and 'round
Throwing her into the river
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C
That flows through Knoxville town
Verse 6
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F
With the dark and roving eyes
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl
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You can never be my bride
Interlude 1
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G
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C
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Verse 7
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Got there about midnight
My mother she was worried
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C
And woke up in a fright
Verse 8
what have you done
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To bloody your clothes so?"
I told my anxious mother
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I was bleeding at my nose
Verse 9
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To light myself to bed
I called for me a handkerchief
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C
Bb
To bind my aching head
Verse 10
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As troubles was for me
Like flames of hell around my bed
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And in my eyes could see
Verse 11
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And put me in a cell
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My friends all tried to get me out
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But none could go my bail
Verse 12
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Down in this dirty old jail
Because I murdered that Knoxville girl
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The girl I loved so well
Outro 1
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Bb
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G
C
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Bb
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C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Eb Bb G C
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