verse 1
D G
Saw a girl at a picture show
D G
Walked right up and said “Hello
C G
You seem to be a girl in need
C G
I’m a guy who’s built for speed
C G
You and me could have some fun
C D G
You pretty little one”
D G
Took her riding around the town
D G
Ain’t no woman ever shut me down
C G
“Have you ever seen a truck like this
C G
How about a little kiss
C D G
You pretty little one”
D C G C
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G C D
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G C D
Pretty little one
G C D
Pretty little one
verse 2
D G
Took her out about a month or so
D G
She's my gal I told her so
C G
She resisted for a bit
C G
Baby that’s the way of it
C D G
You pretty little one
D G
Couple of times she tried to leave
D G
I told her “that don’t work for me”
C G
Her daddy tried to intervene
C G
Folks, I’m just a mean machine
C G
I can handle dumb old Pops
C G
What’s he done but shovel rocks
C G
I said, “Baby, that’s enough”
C G
I might have got a little rough
C D G
On my pretty little one”
D C G C
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G C D
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G C D
Pretty little one
G C D
Pretty little one
verse 3
D G
Then she called me late one night
D G
Said, “It’s over - let’s not fight”
C G
I said, “Sure but one more talk
C G
Maybe just a little walk
C G
Round the block - a nice goodbye
C G
You’re so lovely honey pie”
C G
I went over, picked her up
C G
Got her in my pickup truck
C G
Drivin’ slow around the town
C G
Then I put the pedal down
C G
Took her out a gravel road
C G
Stopped the truck where no one goes
C G
This is where the job gets done
C D G
On my pretty little one”
D C G C
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G C D
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Chorus
G C D
Pretty little one
G C D
Pretty little one
verse 4
D G
Blackest night that I had seen
D G
In the darkness I felt mean
C G
From my boot I pulled a knife
C G
Said “I’m gonna take your life”
C G
I was calm as I could get
C G
So I lit a cigarette
C G
In the flicker I could see
C G
She had a pistol trained on me
C D G
That pretty little one
D G
I said, “Mister I’m no fool
D G
My daddy raised me country cool
C G
Think my daddy knows enough
C G
Of guys like you who think you’re tough
C G
He read you as easy as ABC
C G
That’s when he gave this gun to me
C G
And ever since your truck arrived
C G
My hand’s been on this forty-five
VERSE 5
C G
I went at her with my knife
C G
She pulled that trigger, shot me twice
C G
In the heart and in the head
C G
Took half a breath, slumped over dead
C G
She pumped another for good luck
C G
Right between my butter cups
C D G
That pretty little one
D C G C
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G C D
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G C D
Pretty little one
G C D
Pretty little one
VERSE 6
D G
In the grave, I’m dead and gone
D G
The little gal, she wrote this song
C G
She came over in due course
C G
Sang to me without remorse
C G
Then she whispered to the ground
C G
I’ll let you have another round
C G
My name is Lucy Allencot
C G
You should know that I was not
C D G
Your pretty little one