The Byrds – Pretty Boy Floyd (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: [email protected] (Rick L) Subject: CRD: Pretty Boy Floyd The Byrds Chords/Lyrics Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 03:12:16 GMT The Byrds Pretty Boy Floyd written by Woody Guthrie
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Well gather round children, a story I will tell

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About Pretty Boy Floyd the outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well

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Was in the town of Shawnee on a Saturday afternoon

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His wife beside him in a wagon as into town they rode
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And along come a deputy sheriff in a manner rather rude

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Using vulgar words of language and his wife she overheard

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And Pretty Boy grabbed a long chain,

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And the deputy grabbed a gun

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And in the fight that followed, he laid that deputy down
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Then he ran through the trees and bushes

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And lived a life of shame

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Every crime in Oklahoma was added to his name

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He ran through trees and bushes on the Canadian River shore

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And many a starving farmer opened up his door
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It was in Oklahoma City, It was on a Christmas Day

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A whole carload of groceries and a letter that did say

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Well you say that I'm an outlaw, you say that I'm a thief

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Well, here's a Christmas dinner for the families on relief
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As through this life you travel, you meet some funny men

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Some rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen

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As through this life you ramble, as through this life you roam

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You'll never see an outlaw take a family from their home
From The Byrds "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" Columbia Records 1968