Chords for Osborne Brothers-Knoxville Girl
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
C#
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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