Artist: | Traditional (English) |
User: | Skipton Leonard |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Default |
Abusive: | |
Comment: | - |
C G7
I asked my love to take a walk
G7 C
To take a walk just a little walk
F
Down beside where the waters flow
C G7 C
Down by the banks of the Ohio
Chorus
C G7
And only say that you'll be mine
G7 C
In no others arms entwine
F
Down beside where the waters flow
C G7 C
Down by the banks of the Ohio
I held a knife against her breast
As into my arms she pressed
She cried "Oh Willie, don't murder me
For I am unprepared for eternity"
Returning home about twelve or one
Thinking "Lord, what a deed I've done?"
I killed the girl I love, you see
Because she would not marry me
The very next day at half past four
The sheriff walked right to my door
And he says "Young man, don't you try to run
You'll pay for this awful crime you've done"