Banks Of The Ohio

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

        G               D
I asked my love to take a walk
               G
Just to walk a little ways
                          C
And as we walked along we talked
All about our wedding day

Chorus

     G               D
Only say that you’ll be mine
                  G
In no others arms entwined
                      C
Down beside where the waters flow
       G     D      G
On the banks of the Ohio

Verse 2

I took her by her lily white hand
I dragged her down that bank of sand
                     C
There I threw her in to drown
              G  D   G
I watched her as she floated down

Verse 3

          G                   D
Returning home between twelve and one
Thinking of what a deed I’d done
                            C
I’d killed the girl I loved you see
        G   D         G
Because she would not marry me

Verse 4

The very next day about half passed four
The sheriff’s men knocked at my door
He said young man come now and go
        G   D            G
Down to the banks of the Ohio