Bobby Mackey

Poor Pearl Poor Girl(Cavaco chords)

Bobby Mackey

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NO Intro: 

Chorus: 
 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: 
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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 

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D --2-1------------------------------ 
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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
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