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 


[Refrão]
    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 
 

[Refrão]
         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 


[Refrão]
         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 

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