Knoxville Girl

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Nick Cave


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I met a little girl in Knoxville,a town we all know well
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And every sunday evening in her home I'd dwell
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We went to take an evening walk about a mile from town
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I picked a stick up off the ground and I knocked that fair girl down


She fell down on her bended knees for mercy she did cry
"Oh Willy, dear, don't kill me yet I'm unprepared to die"
She never spoke another word I only beat her more
Until the ground around me with her blood did flow

I took her by her golden curls and I dragged her 'round and 'round
Throwing her into the river that flows from Knoxville town
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl with your dark and roving eyes
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl you can never be my bride

I started back to Knoxville got there about midnight
My mother, she was worried she woke up in a fright
Saying, "Dear son, what have you done to bloody up your clothes?"
I told my anxious mother that I was bleading in my nose

I called for me a candle and I called for me a bed
And I called for me a handkerchief to bind my aching head
I rolled and thrashed the whole night through all horrors I did see
The devil stood at the foot of my bed pointing his finger at me

They carried me down to Knoxville and put me in a cell
My friends all tried to get me out but none could grow my bail
I'm here to waste my life away down in this dirty old jail
Because I murdered that Knoxville girl the girl I loved so well

Capo 3 (or play F, Bb and C7) 
 
 
  D                                 G                D 
I met a little girl in Knoxville, a town we all know well 
    D                         E7              A  
And every Sunday evening, out in her home I'd dwell 
   D                             G                D 
We went to take an evening walk about a mile from town 
  D                                    A                      D  
I picked a stick up off the ground and knocked that fair girl down 
 
 
She fell down on her bended knees for mercy she did cry 
Oh Willy dear don't kill me here, I'm unprepared to die 
She never spoke another word, I only beat her more 
Until the ground around me within her blood did flow 
 
 
I took her by her golden curls and I drug her ?round and around 
Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town 
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl with the dark and rolling eyes 
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, you can never be my bride 
 
 
I started back to Knoxville, got there about midnight 
My Mother she was worried and woke up in a fright 
Saying "Dear son, what have you done to bloody your clothes so? 
I told my anxious Mother, I was bleeding at my nose 
 
 
I called for me a candle to light myself to bed 
I called for me a hankerchief to bind my aching head 
Rolled and tumbled the whole night throught, as troubles was for me 
Like flames of hell around my bed and in my eyes could see 
 
 
They carried me down to Knoxville and put me in a cell 
My friends all tried to get me out but none could go my bail 
I'm here to waste my life away down in this dirty old jail 
Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, the girl I loved so well