Key: F major
Intro 1
Bb
F
C
F
Verse 1
merry month of May
F
Bb
F
Sweet Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay
C
F
Dm
For the love of Barbara Allen
Verse 2
his servant to the town
Bb
F
The town where she did dwell in
Bb
F
Saying "Master dear has sent me here
C
F
If your name be Barbara Allen"
Verse 3
Bb
F
And slowly she went to him
Bb
F
And all she said when she got there
C
F
"Young man, I think you're dying"
Verse 4
the other day
Bb
F
When we were in the tavern?
Bb
F
You drank your health to the ladies there
C
F
And you slighted Barbara Allen"
Interlude 1
F
Bb
F
C
F
Verse 5
Bb
F
C
He turned his back upon her
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Bb
F
"So long, farewell to all my friends
C
F
Dm
F
Be kind to Barbara Allen"
Verse 6
F
C
F
She looked to the east,
she looked to the west
F
Bb
"Oh "Oh sit him down
C
F
"That I may gaze upon him"
Verse 7
F
Bb
Sayin' "Pick "Pick me
C
F
For I feel like I am dyin'"
Interlude 2
F
Bb
F
C
F
Verse 8
Bb
F
And Barbara in the new one
Bb
F
From Willie's grave there grew a rose
C
F
From Barbara's a green briar
Verse 9
Bb
F
And could not grow no higher
Bb
F
And there they died in a true love-knot
C
F
C
F
The The rosebush and the briar
Outro 1
F
Bb
F
C
F
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb F C Dm
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