Chords for Pretty Polly, traditional song, clawhammer banjo & sung by Carl Martin, banjodr1

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I used to be a rambler, I rambled all around.
_ _ _ _ I used to be a rambler, I rambled all around. _
_ _ I [A] courted Purdy [D] Polly, whose beauty's never been found. _ _ _ _
_ [A] Oh Polly, Purdy [D] Polly, won't you come and go with me?
_ [A] _ [A#] Polly, [D] Purdy Polly, won't you come and go with me? _
Before we get married, some pleasures to see.
_ _ _ [A] She got up [D] behind him and away they did go.
_ Got up behind him and away they did go.
_ _ _ Over the mountain to the valley below.
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] They went on a little [D] further and what did they spy? _ _
[Dm] _ _ Went on a little further and what did they spy?
_ _ [D] But a newly dug grave with a spade lying _ by. _
_ _ Oh Wally, oh Wally, I'm afraid of your way.
_ _ _ _ Oh Wally, oh Wally, I'm afraid of your [Dm] way. _ _
_ I'm afraid [A] you will lead my poor [Dm]
body astray. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Well Polly, [D] Purdy Polly, you guessed just about right.
_ [Dm] Polly, Purdy Polly, you guessed just [D] about right.
I dug on your grave better part of last night. _ _
_ _ They stopped her in her heart and her last blood did flow.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Stopped her in her heart and her last blood did flow. _ _
_ _ [D] And into the grave Purdy Polly did go.
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_ _ He threw a little dirt on her and started for home.
_ Threw a little dirt on her and started for home.
Leaving no one behind but the wild birds to _ _ mourn.
_ _ _ _ A debt to the devil, oh will he must pay. _
A debt to the devil, oh will he must pay.
_ _ For killing Purdy Polly and running away. _ _ _ _ _
I used to be a rambler, I rambled all around.
Used to be a rambler, I rambled all around.
_ _ I caught a Purdy Polly whose [Dm] beauty's never been found. _ _ _
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