Once I Knew A Pretty Girl

capo 1 Em Am Em , G , h7 Em , h7 , Em _________________________________________ Em once i knew a pretty girl Am i loved her as my life Em G i’d gladly give my heart and hand h7 to make her my wife Em h7 Em ooh , to make her my wife Em she took me by the hand Am she led me to the door Em G she put her arms around me h7 saying , please don’t come no more Em h7 Em ooh , please , come no more well , i’d not been gone but about six months when she did complain and she wrote me a letter saying , please come back again . ooh , please , come again so i sent her an answer just for to let her know that no young man should venture where once he could not go ooh , where once he could not go . so come all you young lovers take a warning from me and never hang your affections on a green , growing tree ooh , on a green , growing tree for the leaves they will wither roots will decay and the beauty of a young girl will soon fade away ooh , will soon fade away