verse 1
C G D G
Polly was girl not yet sixteen
C G D
I met her by the lake in the fall
C G D G
Our love unfurled like a warm, sick dream
Em D
It's a shame I had to go and waste it all
verse 2
C G D G
When we were together everything was alright
C G D
We shared everything we could share
C G D G
Easy like a feather till that one midnight
Em D G
When she hit me with that under my spell and I couldn't let her go
Am
For the child that she would bear
D
My arms were turning into rope
Pre-Chorus
C G D
I couldn't let her go
C G D
I couldn't let her stay
C G D C G D
I buried pretty Polly in a poor, pathetic grave
Em D G C Em D
Now she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
Em D G C Em D
Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
verse 3
C G D G
Stranded in the Tivoli parking lot
C G D
No gas, no money, no love
C G D G
Promised to a promise that I wouldn't get caught
Em D G
But the dark sky handed me a gun and I couldn't let it go
Am D
All the beauty up above I could never control
C G D
I couldn't let her go
Pre-Chorus
C G D
I couldn't let her go
C G D
I couldn't let her stay
C G D C G D
I placed pretty Polly in a poor, pathetic grave
Em D G C Em D
And then she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
Em D G C G D Em G D Em
Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
Bridge
C G D
I couldn't let her go
C G D
I couldn't let her stay
C G D
I ran like hell
C G D
I ran a-way
C G D
I ran like hell
C G D
From that hell that I made
C G D
From the mouth of babes
C G D
The mouth of the babes
C G D
Poor pretty Polly
C G D
The wolf and the prey
Em D G C Em D
And then she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
Em D G C Em D
Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
Em D G C
Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay
Em D G C
She lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay
Em D G C Em
She lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay
Outro
Em Em Em Em