A
Poor pearl, poor girl
E
Lay dead upon the ground
Poor pearl poor girl
B E E LOW E --0-2-4-
Her head was never found string
VERSE:
E
Scott Jackson had a pregnant girlfriend
B E
Pearl Bryan was her name
B E LOW E --0-2-4-
He and Alonzo Walling met her at the train string
VERSE:
E
That night a plot unfolded
Poor Pearl lost her life
B E LOW E --0-2-4-
Scott and Alonzo both hung for that crime string
CHORUS:
A
Poor pearl, poor girl
E
Lay dead upon the ground
Poor pearl poor girl
B E
Her head was never found
INSTRUMENTAL:
C#m A E B
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--2-1------------------------------|
A|------4---4-2-0-----------------2--|
E|------------------4-2-0---0-2-4----|
C#m A F#m B
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--2-1-----------------------------1-2--|
A|------4---4-2-0---0-----4-2---2-4------|
E|--------------------4-2----------------|
VERSE:
E
They each blamed the other
And swore they would come back
Now they haunt a night club
B E LOW E --0-2-4-
In Wilder by the railroad track string
VERSE:
E
It's been more then a century
Since they took her life away
But the legend of Pearl Bryan
B E LOW E --0-2-4-
Is still talked about today string
CHORUS:
A
Poor pearl, poor girl
E
Lay dead upon the ground
Poor pearl poor girl
B E LOW E --0-2-4-
Her head was never found string
CHORUS:
A
Poor pearl, poor girl
E LOW E --0-2-4-
Lay dead upon the ground string
Poor pearl poor girl
B E LOW E --0-2-4-
Her head was never found string
OUTRO:
E
Poor pearl poor girl
B C#m
Her head was never found
A E
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--4-2-0---------|
E|---------4-2-0--|
