E

[Chorus]
E
Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found?
A                E            F#7         B7
Shot through the heart, lyin' dead on the ground
    E                    A         E
Her body was mangled and all cast around
    A            E               B         E
An 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found

[Verse]
E
They picked up her body, carried it away
    A           E                F#7          B7
And now she's a-sleepin' in some lonesome old grave
E                     A           E
Who had the heart and who had the brain
   F#m             A             B             E
To shoot my little Ellen on that cold lonesome plain?

[Chorus]
E
Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found?
A                E            F#7         B7
Shot through the heart, lyin' dead on the ground
    E                    A         E
Her body was mangled and all cast around
    A            E               B         E
An 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found

[Verse]
E
They picked up their rifles and hunted us down
     A          E       F#7        B7
They found us a-loafing all 'round town
    E                        A            E
The judge may convict me and god knows he can
    F#m      A          B        E
But I know I died as an innocent man

[Chorus]
E
Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found?
A                E            F#7         B7
Shot through the heart, lyin' dead on the ground
    E                    A         E
Her body was mangled and all cast around
    A            E               B         E
An 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found

[Verse]
E
The warden has told me that soon I'll be free
   A         E               F#7        B7
To go to her grave near that old willow tree
    E                           A         E
I'm free from the walls of that prison at last
         F#m      A            B             E
But I'll never be free from my sins from the past

[Chorus]
E
Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found?
A                E            F#7         B7
Shot through the heart, lyin' dead on the ground
    E                    A         E
Her body was mangled and all cast around
    A            E               B         E
An 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found
        A            E               F#7       E
I say, 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found