Pretty Polly Chords by Judy Collins

_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] _ _ Polly, [B] pretty Polly, [Em] come go [B] along with me
_ _ _ _ [Em]
Polly, pretty [Bm] Polly, [Em] come go with [Bm] me _
_ _ Before we get married, _ [A]
some pleasure [Em] to see _ _ _
_ [B] She [Em] jumped up [B] behind him and away they did ride
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Jumped up [Bm] behind him, away they did go _
_ _ _ [Em] Over the mountain _ [A]
and the [B] valley so low _ _ _
_ _ Oh Willie, oh Willie, I'm afraid for my love
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ I'm afraid for [E] my _ [Em] _
_ [B] love
I'm afraid you mean to murder me
And leave [Em] me behind _ _ _
_ [E] _ [E] Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, you [Em] guessing about right
_ _ _ Polly, pretty Polly, you guessing about right _ _ _
_ I've been digging your grave
[A]
For the best [Em] part of last night _ _ _ _
She knelt down before him pleading [Bm] for her _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ life
She knelt [B] down _ pleading for her life
[Em] _ _ _
_ Let me be a single girl, [A] if I can't be your [B] _ wife
[Em] He [E] _
[Em] stabbed her to the heart and her heart blood [E] did flow
_ _ [Em] _ He stabbed her to the [F#m] heart and her [A] heart blood did flow
_ [Em] _ _ _
And into the _ grave, pretty Polly did [Bm] go
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ He threw a little dirt on her and started to fall _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] He threw a little [F#] dirt on [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] her, leaving nobody [G] there
_ [B] But the wild birds to moan _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Em] A debt to the devil, Willie must [Bm] pay
_ [Em] A debt to the devil _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for killing pretty Polly
[A]
And running, _ [B] and running, and running, [C] and running _ _ [D] _ [E] away _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _