Knoxville Girl Chords

Key: A Tuning: E A D G B E Intro: A Verse 1: A D A I met a little girl in Knoxville, a town we all know well A E And every Sunday evening, out in her home they'd dwell A D A We went to take an evening walk about a mile from town A E A I picked a stick up off the ground and I beat that fair girl down Verse 2: A D A She fell down on her bended knees, for mercy she did cry A E "Oh please, oh please, don't kill me here, I'm unprepared to die" A D A She never spoke another word, I only beat her more A E A Until the ground around us with all her blood did flow

Verse 3: A D A I took her by her golden curls and I drug her 'round and around A E Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town A D A Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, with dark and roaming eye A E A Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, you can never be his bride Verse 4: A D A Well I headed back to Knoxville, got there 'bout midnight A E My mother, she was worried, and woke up in a fright A D A Saying, "Dear girl, what have you done to bloody your clothes so " A E A I told my anxious mother I was bleeding at my nose Verse 5: A D A I called for me a candle to light myself to bed A E I called for me a handkerchief to bind my aching head A D A Rolled and tumbled the whole night through, as trouble was for me A E A Like flames of Hell around my bed, and in my eyes could see Verse 6: A D A They carried me down to Knoxville and put me in a cell A E My friends all tried to get me out, but none could go my bail A D A I'm here to waste my life away, down in this dirty old jail A E A Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, the girl he loved so well