Chords for Pretty Polly

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_ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ Oh Polly, pretty Polly, would you take me unkind?
Polly, pretty Polly, would you take me unkind?
You'd have sat beside me and told me your mind.
Well, my mind is to marry and never depart.
My, my, marry and never depart.
The first time I saw you, you wounded my heart.
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_ _ _ _ _ Polly, pretty Polly, come and go along with me.
Polly, pretty Polly, come and go along with me.
Before we get married, some pleasure we'll see.
_ Well, he led her over mountains and valleys so deep.
Mountains and valleys so deep.
Polly [G] misjudged it, [C] then began to weep.
Saying, Willie, little Willie, I'm afraid of your ways.
Willie, _ I'm afraid of your ways.
The way you've been, grandma, you lead me astray. _
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_ _ _ _ _ Well, Polly, pretty Polly, your guess is about right.
_ Polly, pretty Polly, your guess is about right.
I dug on your grave, the biggest part of life now.
Well, he led her to her little father and what did she find?
He led her to her little father and what did she find?
A nude dove grave [G] with a spade [C] lying by. _ _
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_ _ _ _ Then she knelt down before him and pleaded for her life.
She knelt _ down before him and pleaded for her life.
Let me be your singer, if I can't be your wife. _
Now, Polly, pretty Polly, that never can be.
Polly, pretty Polly, that never can be.
Your past reputation's been trouble to me. _
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_ _ _ _ _ Then he opened up her bosom as wide as any snow.
He opened up her bosom as wide as any snow.
He stabbed her through the heart and the blood did overflow.
_ Then he went down to the jailhouse and what did he say?
He went to the jailhouse and what did he say?
Killed pretty Polly [G] and trying to get [C] away.
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