Lirik dan Chord Lagu Pretty Boy Floyd dari The Byrds

Lagu tersebut diproduseri oleh Gary Usher dan menjadi bagian dari album keenam mereka, Sweetheart of the Rodeo.

Album tersebut dirilis pada 20 Agustus 1968 melalui Columbia Records.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Pretty Boy Floyd” dari The Byrds. 

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Well gather round children, a story I will tell
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About Pretty Boy Floyd the outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well
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Was in the town of Shawnee on a Saturday afternoon
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His wife beside him in a wagon as into town they rode

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And along come a deputy sheriff in a manner rather rude
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Using vulgar words of language and his wife she overheard
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And Pretty Boy grabbed a long chain,
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And the deputy grabbed a gun
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And in the fight that followed, he laid that deputy down

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Then he ran through the trees and bushes
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And lived a life of shame
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Every crime in Oklahoma was added to his name
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He ran through trees and bushes on the Canadian River shore
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And many a starving farmer opened up his door

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G                                                  C                       G
It was in Oklahoma City, It was on a Christmas Day
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A whole carload of groceries and a letter that did say
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Well you say that I'm an outlaw, you say that I'm a thief
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Well, here's a Christmas dinner for the families on relief

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G                                                       C                           G
As through this life you travel, you meet some funny men
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Some rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen
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As through this life you ramble, as through this life you roam
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You'll never see an outlaw take a family from their home