Chords for Pretty Polly - Clawhammer Banjo
Tempo:
111.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Gm
Bb
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[Bb]
[G] [Eb] [Gm]
[G]
[C] [G] Oh Polly, pretty Polly, come go away with me.
[Gm]
Polly, pretty Polly, come [C] go away [G] with me.
Before we get married, some pleasure to see.
[C] [Gm] [G]
It led her over mountains and valleys so deep.
Led her over [C] mountains and valleys [G] so deep.
Until pretty Polly, she began to weep.
Oh Willie, oh Willie, I'm scared of your way.
Willie, oh Willie, I'm scared of your way.
The [C] way [G] you've been rambling, leading me astray.
[Gm] [G]
[C]
[G] Oh Polly, pretty Polly, your guess is about right.
Polly, pretty Polly, your [C] guess is [G] about right.
I dug on your grave as part of last night.
[C] [G]
[C]
She [G] fell down on her knees just a pleading for her life.
Fell down [C] on her knees just a pleading for [G] her life.
Said let me run away if I can't be your wife.
[C] [Gm]
[G]
[C] He [G] stabbed her in the heart and her life's blood did flow.
Stabbed her in the heart and her life's blood did flow.
And down to her grave, pretty Polly did go.
[C] [Gm]
[G]
[C] He threw the dirt [G]
around her and then he went home.
[Gm] Threw the dirt [C] around her [Gm] and then he went home.
Even [C] though [G] nobody there but the wild birds to moan.
[Gm]
[G]
[C] [Gm] [C] [G]
On death to the devil, Willie must pay.
On death to [C] the devil, Willie [G] must pay for killing pretty Polly and running away.
[F] [G]
[N]
[Bb]
[G] [Eb] [Gm]
[G]
[C] [G] Oh Polly, pretty Polly, come go away with me.
[Gm]
Polly, pretty Polly, come [C] go away [G] with me.
Before we get married, some pleasure to see.
[C] [Gm] [G]
It led her over mountains and valleys so deep.
Led her over [C] mountains and valleys [G] so deep.
Until pretty Polly, she began to weep.
Oh Willie, oh Willie, I'm scared of your way.
Willie, oh Willie, I'm scared of your way.
The [C] way [G] you've been rambling, leading me astray.
[Gm] [G]
[C]
[G] Oh Polly, pretty Polly, your guess is about right.
Polly, pretty Polly, your [C] guess is [G] about right.
I dug on your grave as part of last night.
[C] [G]
[C]
She [G] fell down on her knees just a pleading for her life.
Fell down [C] on her knees just a pleading for [G] her life.
Said let me run away if I can't be your wife.
[C] [Gm]
[G]
[C] He [G] stabbed her in the heart and her life's blood did flow.
Stabbed her in the heart and her life's blood did flow.
And down to her grave, pretty Polly did go.
[C] [Gm]
[G]
[C] He threw the dirt [G]
around her and then he went home.
[Gm] Threw the dirt [C] around her [Gm] and then he went home.
Even [C] though [G] nobody there but the wild birds to moan.
[Gm]
[G]
[C] [Gm] [C] [G]
On death to the devil, Willie must pay.
On death to [C] the devil, Willie [G] must pay for killing pretty Polly and running away.
[F] [G]
[N]
Key:
G
C
Gm
Bb
Eb
G
C
Gm
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] Oh Polly, pretty Polly, come go away with me.
[Gm] _
_ Polly, pretty Polly, come [C] go away [G] with me.
Before we get married, some pleasure to see.
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It led her over mountains and valleys so deep.
_ _ Led her over [C] mountains and valleys [G] so deep.
Until pretty Polly, she began to weep. _ _ _ _ _
Oh Willie, oh Willie, I'm scared of your way.
_ _ Willie, oh Willie, I'm scared of your way.
The [C] way [G] you've been rambling, leading me astray.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] Oh Polly, pretty Polly, your guess is about right.
_ _ Polly, pretty Polly, your [C] guess is [G] about right.
I dug on your grave as part of last night.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ She [G] fell down on her knees just a pleading for her life.
_ Fell down [C] on her knees just a pleading for [G] her life.
Said let me run away if I can't be your wife.
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ He [G] stabbed her in the heart and her life's blood did flow.
_ _ Stabbed her in the heart and her life's blood did flow.
And down to her grave, pretty Polly did go.
_ [C] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ He threw the dirt [G]
around her and then he went home.
_ [Gm] Threw the dirt [C] around her [Gm] and then he went home.
Even [C] though [G] nobody there but the wild birds to moan.
[Gm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ On death to the devil, Willie must pay.
On death to [C] the devil, Willie [G] must pay for killing pretty Polly and running away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] Oh Polly, pretty Polly, come go away with me.
[Gm] _
_ Polly, pretty Polly, come [C] go away [G] with me.
Before we get married, some pleasure to see.
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It led her over mountains and valleys so deep.
_ _ Led her over [C] mountains and valleys [G] so deep.
Until pretty Polly, she began to weep. _ _ _ _ _
Oh Willie, oh Willie, I'm scared of your way.
_ _ Willie, oh Willie, I'm scared of your way.
The [C] way [G] you've been rambling, leading me astray.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] Oh Polly, pretty Polly, your guess is about right.
_ _ Polly, pretty Polly, your [C] guess is [G] about right.
I dug on your grave as part of last night.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ She [G] fell down on her knees just a pleading for her life.
_ Fell down [C] on her knees just a pleading for [G] her life.
Said let me run away if I can't be your wife.
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ He [G] stabbed her in the heart and her life's blood did flow.
_ _ Stabbed her in the heart and her life's blood did flow.
And down to her grave, pretty Polly did go.
_ [C] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ He threw the dirt [G]
around her and then he went home.
_ [Gm] Threw the dirt [C] around her [Gm] and then he went home.
Even [C] though [G] nobody there but the wild birds to moan.
[Gm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ On death to the devil, Willie must pay.
On death to [C] the devil, Willie [G] must pay for killing pretty Polly and running away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _