Chords for Hillbilly Gypsies OATS 2008 07 04 2322 "Pretty Polly" 04:23

I don't know where the tradition comes from, but there's [B] a lot of murder ballads in the mountains of Appalachia.
And, uh, [F#] from what I understand, it's [Em] in the rule book.
You have to play it.
So we're gonna do one [Bm] here for you that's probably one of my favorites.
Probably one of the more descriptive of the murder ballads.
_ This song's called Pretty Hollow.
It's a descriptive part.
_ Really?
Somebody knows the idea of this song.
Maybe. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Pretty hollow, pretty hollow, leave me in pie.
Pretty _ hollow, pretty hollow, leave me in pie.
Sit down beside [F#] me, show that you're [B] mine.
_ _ Girl, my mind is too merry, never too far.
My mind is too merry, never too far.
First time I saw you, you broke my heart.
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_ _ Well, pretty hollow, pretty hollow, come on over to me.
Well, pretty hollow, pretty hollow, come on over to me.
Before we get married, it's a pleasure to see you. _
You're a dead man of a mountain valley, so deep.
Dead man of a mountain valley, so deep.
Hollow, you're [G#] so scary, and there's [B] no reason for me. _ _
Say you really, [F#] do you really, I'm afraid of your [G] ways.
Really, [B] _ I'm afraid of your ways, the way you can grab this baby straight.
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Pretty hollow, pretty hollow, your guess is not right.
Pretty hollow, pretty hollow, your guess is not right.
I dug on your grave for the part of last night.
_ _ Hey, little brother, what did you spy?
Hey, little brother, what did you spy?
[G#] You dug a grave that's straight on [B] by. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Then she knelt down [B] before him, didn't fall in line. _ _ _
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_ Hey, pretty hollow, _ pretty hollow, didn't fall in line.
Pretty hollow, pretty hollow, I can't believe my eyes. _
_ And if Paul had been Paulie, it never can be.
If Paul had been Paulie, it never can be.
Your past reputation, your troubles can be. _ _
Then you opened up the rose on the spot in the snow. _
Opened up the rose on the spot in the snow.
Sat in the barn and loved him though.
_ _ And he went down to the tail house, what did he say?
He went [B]
to the tail house, what did he say?
He killed pretty _ [F#] Paulie and tried to get her.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [D#] yeah, yeah.
Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
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