Banks of the Ohio

I asked my [D]love to take a [A]walk
Take a [A7]walk just a little [D]ways
And as we [D7]walked, along we [G]talk
[Gm]All would [D]be our [A7]wedding [D]day

  And only [D]say that you'll be [A]mine
  In no [A7]others arms ent[D]wined
  Down be[D7]side where the waters [G]flow [Gm]
  Down by the [D]banks [A7]of the Ohi[D]o

I asked her if she'd marry me
And my wife forever be
She only turned her head away
And had no other words to say

I plunged a knife into her breast
And told her she was going to rest
She cried "Oh Willy, don't murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity"

I took her by her golden curls
And drug her down to the river side
And there I threw her into drown
And I watched her as she floated down

And going home between twelve and one
I cried "Oh Lord, what have I've done?"
I've killed the only girl I love
Because she would not marry me