Ralph Stanley - Pretty polly

^GOh Polly Pretty Polly would you take me in time Polly Pretty Polly would you take me in time You'd set beside me and tel^D7l me your mi^Gnd

^GWell my mind is to marry and never to part My mind is to marry and never to part The first time I saw you you ^D7wounded my ^Gheart

^GOh Polly Pretty Polly come and go along with me Polly Pretty Polly come and go along with me Before we get married some ^D7pleasures to ^Gsee

^GWell he led her over mountains and valleys so deep He led her over hills and valleys so deep Polly mistrusted and ^D7then began to ^Gweep

^GSaying Willie Little Willie I'm afraid of your ways Willie Little Willie I'm afraid of your ways The way you've been rambling ^D7you'll lead me ^Gastray

^GWell Polly Pretty Polly your guess is about right Polly Pretty Polly your guess is about right I dug on your grave the biggest ^D7part of last ^Gnight

^GWell he led her a little farther and what did she spy He led her a little farther and what did she spy A new dug grave with ^D7spade lying ^Gby

^GOh she knelt down before him a pleading for her life She knelt down before him a pleading for her life Let me be a single girl if I ^D7can't be your ^Gwife

^GNow Polly Pretty Polly that never can be Polly Pretty Polly that never can be Your past reputation ^D7been trouble to ^Gme

^GThen he opened up her bosom as white as any snow He opened up her bosom as white as any snow He stabbed her thru the heart and ^D7the blood did ^Goverflowed

^GThen he went down to the jailhouse and what did he say He went to the jailhouse and what did he say I've killed Pretty Polly and ^D7trying to get ^Gaway