A
Poor pearl, poor girl
     E
Lay dead upon the ground

Poor pearl poor girl
     B               E    E    LOW  E --0-2-4-
Her head was never found       string


VERSE:
 E 
Scott Jackson had a pregnant girlfriend
 B                   E
Pearl Bryan was her name
                       B               E     LOW  E --0-2-4-
He and Alonzo Walling met her at the train   string


VERSE:
 E
That night a plot unfolded

Poor Pearl lost her life
                       B              E     LOW E --0-2-4-
Scott and Alonzo both hung for that crime   string


CHORUS:
 A
Poor pearl, poor girl
     E
Lay dead upon the ground

Poor pearl poor girl
     B               E      
Her head was never found    


INSTRUMENTAL:  

        C#m     A       E        B

E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--2-1------------------------------|
A|------4---4-2-0-----------------2--|
E|------------------4-2-0---0-2-4----|

   
        C#m     A      F#m  B

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--2-1-----------------------------1-2--|
A|------4---4-2-0---0-----4-2---2-4------|
E|--------------------4-2----------------|


VERSE:
 E
They each blamed the other

And swore they would come back

Now they haunt a night club
    B                       E      LOW E --0-2-4-
In Wilder by the railroad track   string



VERSE:
 E
It's been more then a century

Since they took her life away
                          
But the legend of Pearl Bryan
          B              E      LOW E --0-2-4-
Is still talked about today    string


CHORUS:
 A
Poor pearl, poor girl
     E
Lay dead upon the ground

Poor pearl poor girl
     B               E      LOW E --0-2-4-
Her head was never found   string


CHORUS:
 A
Poor pearl, poor girl
     E                      LOW E --0-2-4-
Lay dead upon the ground   string

Poor pearl poor girl
     B               E      LOW E --0-2-4-
Her head was never found   string


OUTRO:
 E
Poor pearl poor girl
     B              C#m   
Her head was never found  
 
        A      E
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--4-2-0---------|
E|---------4-2-0--|