Knoxville Girl Tab par Traditional American

[Intro]
F x8  3/4 time
[Verse 1]
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I met a little girl in Knoxville down beyond the well
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And every Sunday evenin' out in her home I dwelled
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We went to take an evenin' walk about a mile from town
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I picked a stick up off the ground and knocked that fair girl down
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She fell down on her bended knees for mercy she did cry
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"Oh Willard dear don't kill me here I'm unprepared to die
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"She never spoke another word, I only beat her more
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Until the ground around me with it her blood did flow

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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I took her by her golden curls and drug her round and round
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Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town
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Go down go down you Knoxville girl with dark and rollin' eyes
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Go down go down you Knoxville girl you can never be my bride

[Verse 3]
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I Rolled and tumbled the whole night through my dreams were living hell
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And then they came from Knoxville to carry me to jail
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I‘m here to waste my life away down in this dirty old cell
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Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, the girl I loved so well!