Pretty Polly

The Stanley Brothers

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I V

Verse 1

G
Oh Polly Pretty Polly would you take me in time
Polly Pretty Polly would you take me in time
                          D7          G
Let me set beside you and tell you my mind

Verse 2

Well my mind is to marry and never to part
My mind is to marry and never to part
                            D7         G
The first time I saw you it wounded my heart

Verse 3

Oh Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
                           D7           G
Before we get married some pleasures to see

Verse 4

Oh he led her over mountains and valleys so deep
He led her over hills and valleys so deep
                            D7            G
Pretty Polly mistrusted and then began to weep

Verse 5

Oh Willie Little Willie I'm afraid to of your ways
Willie Little Willie I'm afraid of your ways
                             D7             G
The way you've been rambling you'll lead me astray

Verse 6

Oh Polly Pretty Polly your guess is about right
Polly Pretty Polly your guess is about right
                                D7           G
I dug on your grave the biggest part of last night

Verse 7

Oh she knelt down before him a pleading for her life
She knelt down before him a pleading for her life
                             D7            G
Let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife

Verse 8

Oh Polly Pretty Polly that never can be
Polly Pretty Polly that never can be
                       D7              G
Your past recitation's been trouble to me

Verse 9

Oh went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
                             D7            G
I've killed Pretty Polly and trying to get away