Barbara Allen
Barbara Allen

Barbara Allen easy guitar chords by Pete Seeger

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    • Intro 1


    Twas in 
    the merry 
    month 
    of 
    Verse 1

    May 

    When green 
    buds 
    all were 
    swelling, 

    Sweet 
    William 
    on his death bed lay 

    For love 
    of 
    Barbara 
    Allen. 

    Verse 2
    He sent 
    his ser
    vant 

    to the 
    town 

    To the place 
    where she 
    was 
    dwelling, 


    Saying you must 
    come, to 

    my master 
    dear 

    If your 
    name 
    be Barbar
    a 
    Allen. 

    So 
    slowly, slowly 
    she got 
    Verse 3
    up 

    And slowly 
    she 
    drew nigh 
    him, 

    An
    d the only 
    words 
    to 
    him 
    did say 

    Young 
    man I think 
    you're 
    dy
    ing. 

    Verse 4
    He 
    turned 
    his 
    face unto 
    the wall 

    And 
    death was 
    in 
    him welling, 

    Good- 
    bye, good- 
    bye, to 

    my 
    friends 
    all 

    Be good 
    to Bar
    bar
    a 
    Allen. 

    When 
    he was dead and laid 
    in grave 
    Verse 5

    She 
    heard the 
    death bell
    s 
    knelling 

    And 
    every stroke 
    to her did 
    say 

    Hard 
    hearted 
    Barbar
    a 
    Allen. 

    Verse 6
    Oh 
    mother, 
    oh 
    mother go dig 

    my 
    grave 

    Make it both 
    long and 
    narrow, 

    Sweet William 
    died 
    of love 
    for me 

    And 
    I 
    will 
    die of 
    sorrow. 

    Verse 7
    An
    d 
    father, oh father
    , go 

    dig 
    my 
    grave 

    Make it both 
    long 
    and 
    nar
    row, 

    Sweet 
    William 
    died 
    on 
    yesterday 

    And 
    I 
    will 
    die 
    tomorrow. 

    Barbara Allen 
    was 
    Verse 8
    buried 
    in the old 

    church
    yard 

    Sweet William 
    was buried 
    be
    side 
    her, 

    Out 
    of 
    sweet William's 

    heart, there grew 
    a rose 

    Out of Barbara 
    Allen's a 
    briar. 

    Verse 9
    They 
    grew and 
    grew 
    in the 

    old 
    church
    yard 

    Till they 
    could grow 
    no 
    higher 

    At 
    the 
    end 
    they 
    formed, a true 

    lov
    er's 
    knot 

    And 
    the rose 
    grew round 
    the 
    briar. 


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