Knoxville Girl Chords by The Louvin Brothers

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I met a little girl in Knoxville, [Bb] a town we [F] all know well.
And every Sunday _ [G] evening out in her [C] home at well,
[F] We went to take an evening [Bb] walk about a mile [F] from town.
I picked a stick up off the ground [C] and knocked that fire [F] girl down. _
She fell down on her bended knees, [Bb] for mercy she [F] did cry. _
Oh, Willie dear, don't kill me [G] here, I'm [C] unprepared to die.
[F] She never spoke another [Bb] word, I only [F] beat her more,
Until the ground around me [C] within her blood [F] did flow. _ _
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I took her by her golden curls [Bb] and I drug her round [F] and round,
_ Throwing her into the river [G] that flows through [C] Knoxville town.
[F] Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [Bb] with the dark and [F] rolling eyes.
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, [C] you can never be [F] my bride. _
I started back to Knoxville, [Bb] got there about [F] midnight. _
My mother, she was [G] worried and woke up in [C] a [F] fright,
Saying, dear son, what have you [Bb] done to bloody [F] your close soul?
I told my anxious mother [C] I was bleeding at [F] my low. _ _
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I called for me a candle [Bb] to light [F] myself to bear.
I called for me a _ [G] handkerchief to bind my [C] aching hair.
[F] I rolled and tumbled the whole night through, [Bb] as trouble was [F] for me.
Like flames of hell around my bed [C] and in my eyes [F] could see. _ _
They carried me down to Knoxville [Bb] and put me [F] in a cell.
My friends all tried to get me out, [G] but none could [C] go my bail. _
[F] I'm here to waste my life away [Bb] down in this [F] dirty old jail.
Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, [C] the girl I [F] loved so well.
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