Chords for Knoxville Girl
Tempo:
81.95 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I
[A] [D]
met a little girl in Knoxville, [G] a town we all [D] know well.
And every Sunday evening [E] out in her home [A] I dwell.
[D] We went to take an evening walk [G] about a mile [D] from town.
I thought of how she cheated me, [A] so I knocked that fair [D] girl down.
She fell down on her bended knees, [G] for mercy she [D] did cry.
Oh please my dear, don't kill me here, [E] I'm unprepared [A] to die.
[D] She never spoke another word, [G] I only beat [D] her more.
Until the ground around me [A] within her [D] blood did flow.
I took her by her golden curls, [G] and I dragged her [D] round and around.
Throwing her into the river [E] that flows through [A] Knoxville town.
[D] Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [G] with the dark and roving [D] eyes.
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [A] you can never be [D] my bride.
I started back to Knoxville, [G] got there about [D] daylight.
My mother, she was worried, [E] and woke up in [A] a fright.
[D] Saying dear son, what have you done [G] to bloody your [D] close soul?
I told my anxious mother, I [A] was bleeding at [D] my nose.
They took me down to Knoxville, [G] and they locked me in [D] a cell.
My friends all tried to get me out, [E] but none could go [A] my bail.
[D] I'm here to waste my life away, [G] down in this dirty [D] old jail.
Because I killed that Knoxville girl, the [A] one I [D] love so well.
[A] [D]
met a little girl in Knoxville, [G] a town we all [D] know well.
And every Sunday evening [E] out in her home [A] I dwell.
[D] We went to take an evening walk [G] about a mile [D] from town.
I thought of how she cheated me, [A] so I knocked that fair [D] girl down.
She fell down on her bended knees, [G] for mercy she [D] did cry.
Oh please my dear, don't kill me here, [E] I'm unprepared [A] to die.
[D] She never spoke another word, [G] I only beat [D] her more.
Until the ground around me [A] within her [D] blood did flow.
I took her by her golden curls, [G] and I dragged her [D] round and around.
Throwing her into the river [E] that flows through [A] Knoxville town.
[D] Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [G] with the dark and roving [D] eyes.
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [A] you can never be [D] my bride.
I started back to Knoxville, [G] got there about [D] daylight.
My mother, she was worried, [E] and woke up in [A] a fright.
[D] Saying dear son, what have you done [G] to bloody your [D] close soul?
I told my anxious mother, I [A] was bleeding at [D] my nose.
They took me down to Knoxville, [G] and they locked me in [D] a cell.
My friends all tried to get me out, [E] but none could go [A] my bail.
[D] I'm here to waste my life away, [G] down in this dirty [D] old jail.
Because I killed that Knoxville girl, the [A] one I [D] love so well.
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_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
met a little girl in Knoxville, [G] a town we all [D] know well.
And every Sunday evening [E] out in her home [A] I dwell.
[D] We went to take an evening walk [G] about a mile [D] from town.
I thought of how she cheated me, [A] so I knocked that fair [D] girl down.
She fell down on her bended knees, [G] for mercy she [D] did cry.
Oh please my dear, don't kill me here, [E] I'm unprepared [A] to die.
[D] She never spoke another word, [G] I only beat [D] her more.
Until the ground around me [A] within her [D] blood did flow. _
I took her by her golden curls, [G] and I dragged her [D] round and around.
_ Throwing her into the river [E] that flows through [A] Knoxville town.
[D] Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [G] with the dark and roving [D] eyes.
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [A] you can never be [D] my bride.
I started back to Knoxville, [G] got there about [D] daylight.
My mother, she was worried, [E] and woke up in [A] a fright.
[D] Saying dear son, what have you done [G] to bloody your [D] close soul?
I told my anxious mother, I [A] was bleeding at [D] my nose.
They took me down to Knoxville, [G] and they locked me in [D] a cell. _
My friends all tried to get me out, [E] but none could go [A] my bail. _
[D] I'm here to waste my life away, [G] down in this dirty [D] old jail. _
Because I killed that Knoxville girl, the [A] one I [D] love so well.
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_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
met a little girl in Knoxville, [G] a town we all [D] know well.
And every Sunday evening [E] out in her home [A] I dwell.
[D] We went to take an evening walk [G] about a mile [D] from town.
I thought of how she cheated me, [A] so I knocked that fair [D] girl down.
She fell down on her bended knees, [G] for mercy she [D] did cry.
Oh please my dear, don't kill me here, [E] I'm unprepared [A] to die.
[D] She never spoke another word, [G] I only beat [D] her more.
Until the ground around me [A] within her [D] blood did flow. _
I took her by her golden curls, [G] and I dragged her [D] round and around.
_ Throwing her into the river [E] that flows through [A] Knoxville town.
[D] Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [G] with the dark and roving [D] eyes.
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [A] you can never be [D] my bride.
I started back to Knoxville, [G] got there about [D] daylight.
My mother, she was worried, [E] and woke up in [A] a fright.
[D] Saying dear son, what have you done [G] to bloody your [D] close soul?
I told my anxious mother, I [A] was bleeding at [D] my nose.
They took me down to Knoxville, [G] and they locked me in [D] a cell. _
My friends all tried to get me out, [E] but none could go [A] my bail. _
[D] I'm here to waste my life away, [G] down in this dirty [D] old jail. _
Because I killed that Knoxville girl, the [A] one I [D] love so well.
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