Intro: E Gb Ab

Am      Am7     Am6     F           F   F7   E7
(^walk down the E string^)(w/ high C^^)

Am    D  Am   Am   D  Am
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Verse 1:
         Am       Am7          Am6         Dm
I shall tell of a hunter whose life was undone
         Am          Am7         Am6             E7
By the cruel hand of evil at the setting of the sun
    Am         Am7           Am6              Dm
His arrow was loosed and it flew through the dark
     Am            Am7         Am6  E7         Am
His true love was slain as the shaft found its mark

D  Am   Am   D  Am
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Chorus:
          C                               Am             E7
She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan
       Am                 Dm E7         Am
And it so and alas it was she--  Polly Vaughn

D  Am   Am   D  Am
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Verse 2:
   Am       Am7          Am6          Dm
He ran up beside her and found it was she
    Am             Am7         Am6               E7
He turned away his head for he could not bear to see
    Am        Am7     Am6          Dm
He lifted her up and found she was dead
   Am          Am7          Am6  E7      Am
A fountain of tears for his true love he shed

D  Am   Am   D  Am
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Chorus:
          C                               Am             E7
She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan
       Am                 Dm E7         Am
And it so and alas it was she--  Polly Vaughn

D  Am   Am   D  Am
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Verse 3:
    Am       Am7        Am6         Dm
He bore her away to his home by the sea
     Am          Am7         Am6           E7
And "Father, oh father, I've murdered poor Polly
     Am             Am7          Am6          Dm
I've killed my fair love in the flower of her life
    Am       Am7         Am6 E7       Am
I'd always intended that she   be my wife"

D  Am   Am   D  Am
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Chorus:
          C                               Am             E7
She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan
       Am                 Dm E7         Am
And it so and alas it was she--  Polly Vaughn

D  Am   Am   D  Am
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Verse 4:
    Am            Am7            Am6            Dm
He rode near the place where his true love was slain
    Am          Am7           Am6              E7
He wept bitter tears but his cries were all in vain
    Am            Am7    Am6         Dm
He looked on the lake, a swan glided by
    Am         Am7         Am6 E7      Am
The sun slowly sank in the gray of the sky

D  Am   Am   D  Am
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Chorus:
          C                               Am             E7
She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan
       Am                 Dm E7         Am
And it so and alas it was she--  Polly Vaughn

D  Am   Am   D  Am
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Outro:
Am  Am7  Am6  F   F  F7 E7
       (w/ high C^^)

  (w ith high C^^)
Am    D  Am   Am   D  Am
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