Barbara Allen chords by
Pete Seeger

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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

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Twas in the merry month of

Verse 1
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May
Gm Gm 3
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F F 
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When green buds all were swelling,
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Sweet William on his death bed lay
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Cm Cm 3
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F F 
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For love of  Barbara Allen.

Verse 2
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F F 
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He sent his servant
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to the town
Gm Gm 3
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F F 
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To the place where she was dwelling,
Saying you must come, to
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my master dear
Cm Cm 3
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If your name be Barbara   Allen.
F F 
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So slowly, slowly she got

Verse 3

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And slowly she drew nigh him,

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An d the only words to him did say

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Young man I think you're dy ing.

Verse 4
F F 
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He turned his face unto the wall
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And death was in him welling,
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Good- bye, good- bye, to
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my friends all
Cm Cm 3
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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Be good to Barbar a  Allen.
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When he was dead and laid in grave

Verse 5

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She heard the death bells knelling

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And every stroke to her did say

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Hard hearted Barbara Allen.

Verse 6
Eb Eb 6
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Oh mother, oh mother go dig
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my grave
Gm Gm 3
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F F 
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Make it both long and narrow,
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Sweet William died of love for me
Cm Cm 3
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F F 
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And I will die of sorrow.

Verse 7
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Eb Eb 6
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An  d father, oh father, go
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Bb Bb 
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dig my  grave
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F F 
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Make it both long and narrow,
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Sweet William died on  yesterday
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And I will die tomorrow.
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Barbara Allen was

Verse 8
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buried in the old
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churchyard
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Sweet William was buried beside her,
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Out of  sweet William's
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heart, there grew a rose
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Out of Barbara Allen's  a briar.

Verse 9
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F F 
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They grew and grew in the
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old churchyard
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Till they could grow no higher
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At the end they formed, a true
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lov er's knot
Cm Cm 3
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F F 
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And the rose grew round the briar.
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