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Barbara Allen easy guitar chords by
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger

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Intro 1
G
D
G
Em
D

C
G
Am
G

D
Twas in the merry month of
Verse 1
G


May
Em
D

When green buds all were swelling,
C

Sweet William on his death bed lay
G
Am
D

For love of Barbara Allen.
Verse 2
G
D

He sent his servant
G

to the town
Em
D

To the place where she was dwelling,


Saying you must come, to
C
D
G

my master dear
Am
G

If your name be Barbara Allen.
D
So slowly, slowly she got
Verse 3
G

up
Em
D

And slowly she drew nigh him,
C
G

An d the only words to him did say
Am
D
G

Young man I think you're dy ing.
Verse 4
D
G

He turned his face unto the wall
D

And death was in him welling,
C

Good- bye, good- bye, to
G

my friends all
Am
D
G

Be good to Barbar a Allen.
D
G
When he was dead and laid in grave
Verse 5

Em
D

She heard the death bells knelling
C
G

And every stroke to her did say
Am
G

Hard hearted Barbara Allen.
Verse 6
C

Oh mother, oh mother go dig
D
G

my grave
Em
D

Make it both long and narrow,
C
G

Sweet William died of love for me
Am
D

And I will die of sorrow.
Verse 7
G
C

An d father, oh father, go
D
G

dig my grave
Em
D

Make it both long and narrow,
C
G

Sweet William died on yesterday
Am
D

And I will die tomorrow.
G
Barbara Allen was
Verse 8
D

buried in the old
G

churchyard
D

Sweet William was buried beside her,
C

Out of sweet William's
G

heart, there grew a rose
Am
D

Out of Barbara Allen's a briar.
Verse 9
G
D

They grew and grew in the
G

old churchyard
D

Till they could grow no higher
C

At the end they formed, a true
G

lover's knot
Am
D

And the rose grew round the briar.
G

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  • D

  • Em

  • C

  • Am

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