D  A  D  G  D  A  D


[Verse 1]
           D              A
I asked my love to take a walk
                      D
Just to walk a little ways
                      G
As we walked along we talked
     D    A             D
All about   our wedding day


[Chorus]
     D                  A
Only say that you'll be mine
                        D
In our home we'll happy be
                             G
Down beside where the waters flow
       D     A           D
On the banks   of the Ohio


[Instrumental]
D  A  D  G  D  A  D


[Verse 2]
           D                 A
I took her by her lily white hand
                                  D
And dragged her down that bank of sand
                          G
There I throwed her in to drown
              D  A             D
I watched her as   she floated down


[Chorus]
     D                  A
Only say that you'll be mine
                        D
In our home we'll happy be
                             G
Down beside where the waters flow
       D     A           D
On the banks   of the Ohio


[Instrumental]
D  A  D  G  D  A  D


[Verse 3]
            D                       A
Was walkin' home between twelve and one
                         D
A-thinkin' of what I had done
                              G
I'd killed a girl I loved you see
            D     A           D
Because she would   not marry me


[Chorus]
     D                  A
Only say that you'll be mine
                        D
In our home we'll happy be
                             G
Down beside where the waters flow
       D     A           D
On the banks   of the Ohio

 
[Instrumental]
D  A  D  G  D  A  D


[Verse 4]
              D                      A
The very next morn about half passed four
                                D
The sheriff's men knocked at my door
                                  G
Sayin' now young man come now and go
            D     A           D
Down to the banks   of the Ohio


[Chorus]
     D                  A
Only say that you'll be mine
                        D
In our home we'll happy be
                             G
Down beside where the waters flow
       D     A           D
On the banks   of the Ohio