CGDG
Polly was girl not yet sixteen
CGD
I met her by the lake in the fall
CGDG
Our love unfurled like a warm, sick dream
EmD
It's a shame I had to go and waste it all
[Verse 2]
CGDG
When we were together everything was alright
CGD
We shared everything we could share
CGDG
Easy like a feather till that warm winter night
EmDG
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]
CGD
I couldn't let her go
CGD
I couldn't let her stay
CGDCGD
I buried pretty Polly in a poor, pathetic grave
[Chorus]
EmDGCEmD
Now she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
EmDGCEmD
Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
[Verse 3]
CGDG
Stranded in the Tivoli parking lot
CGD
No gas, no money, no love
CGDG
Promised to a promise that I wouldn't get caught
EmDG
But the dark sky handed me a dove and I couldn't let it go
AmD
All the beauty up above I could never control
CGD
I couldn't let her go
[Pre-Chorus]
CGD
I couldn't let her go
CGD
I couldn't let her stay
CGDCGD
I placed pretty Polly in a poor, pathetic grave
[Chorus]
EmDGCEmD
And then she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
EmDGCGDEmGDEm
Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
[Bridge]
CGD
I couldn't let her go
CGD
I couldn't let her stay
CGD
I ran like hell
CGD
I ran a-way
CGD
I ran like hell
CGD
From that hell that I made
CGD
From the mouth of babes
CGD
The mouth of the babes
CGD
Poor pretty Polly
CGD
The wolf and the prey
[Chorus]
EmDGCEmD
And then she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
EmDGCEmD
Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay lay
EmDGC
Ah, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay
EmDGC
She lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay
EmDGCEm
She lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay, she lay