title: Once I Knew A Pretty Girlkey: Folkharp type: Chromaticgenre: Bbskill: AnyTraditional folk songJoan BaezKey: Gm7 7 7 -7 7 6 -5Once I knew a pret-ty girl-9 -9 8 8 -7* 8I loved her as my life-7*8 -7 -7 7 7 7 -7 -7*I’d glad-ly give my heart and hand-5 -6* -6* -5 -5To make her my wife-7*-7 7 -7 -7 -5-7 7Ooh, to make her my wife7 7 -7 7 -6 -5She took me by the hand-9 -9 8 8 -7* 8She led me to the door8 -9 7 7 7 7 -7*She put her arms a-round me-5 -5 -6* -6* -6* -5 -5Say-ing, “Please don’t come no more”-7*-77 -7 -5 -5 7Ooh, Please, come no moreWell, I’d not been goneBut about six monthsWhen she did complainAnd she wrote me a letterSaying, “please come back again.”Ooh, Please, come againSo I sent her an answerJust for to let her knowThat no young man should ventureWhere once he could not goOoh, Where once he could not go.So come all you young loversTake a warning from meAnd never hang your affectionsOn a green, growing treeOoh, on a green, growing treeFor the leaves they will witherRoots will decayAnd the beauty of a young girlWill soon fade awayOoh, will soon fade away