Once I Knew A Pretty Girl
Joan BaezVersion1
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Once I knew a pretty girl
I loved her as my life
I'd gladly give my heart and hand
To make her my wife
Ooh, to make her my wife
She took me by the hand
She led me to the door
She put her arms around me
Saying, Please don't come no more
Ooh, Please, come no more
Well, I'd not been gone
But about six months
When she did complain
And she wrote me a letter
Saying,please come back again.
Ooh, Please, come again
So I sent her an answer
Just for to let her know
That no young man should venture
Where once he could not go
Ooh, Where once he could not go.
So come all you young lovers
Take a warning from me
And never hang your affections
On a green, growing tree
Ooh, on a green, growing tree
For the leaves they will wither
Roots will decay
And the beauty of a young girl
Will soon fade away
Ooh, will soon fade away
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Readable chord sheet for Once I Knew A Pretty Girl by Joan Baez
[Em][Am] [Em] [G] [B7] [Em] [B7] [Em] Onc[Em]e I knew a pretty girl I l[Am]oved her as my life I'd gl[Em]adly give my h[G]eart and hand To m[B7]ake her my wife [Em]Ooh, to m[B7]ake her my w[Em]ife Sh[Em]e took me by the hand [Am]She led me to the door She p[Em]ut her arms ar[G]ound me Saying, Pl[B7]ease don't come no more [Em]Ooh, Pl[B7]ease, come no m[Em]ore Well, I'd not been gone But about six months When she did complain And she wrote me a letter Saying,please come back again. Ooh, Please, come again So I sent her an answer Just for to let her know That no young man should venture Where once he could not go Ooh, Where once he could not go. So come all you young lovers Take a warning from me And never hang your affections On a green, growing tree Ooh, on a green, growing tree For the leaves they will wither Roots will decay And the beauty of a young girl Will soon fade away Ooh, will soon fade away