Barbara Allen chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (B minor)  (A major) In  (D major) Scarlet Town,
where I was born,
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There was a fair  (E major) maid  (A major) dwellin'
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Made  (G major) every youth cry  (D major) well away
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Her  (A major) name was  (G major) Barbara  (A major)  (D major) Allen
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All in the merry  (A major)  (D major) month of May,
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 (G major) When green buds  (B minor) then were  (E major) swell (A major) ing,
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Young  (G major) Jemmy Grove on his  (D major) deathbed lay,
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For  (A major) love of  (G major) Barbar (A major) a  Al (D major) len.
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An (G major) d  (D major) death is prin (A major) ted  (D major) on his face,
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And o 'er his  (B minor) heart  (E major) is  (A major) stealing,
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Then  (G major) haste away to com (D major) fort him,
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 (B minor) O     (A major) lovely Bar (G major) bara  (A major)  (D major) Allen.  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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So slowly, slowly  (A major) she  (D major) came up,
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 (E minor) and  (D major) slowly  (B minor) she   (E major) came  (A major) nigh him.
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And  (G major) all she said when there  (D major) she came,
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Young man, I  (G major) think  (A major) you're  (D major) dying.
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When he was dead  (F sharp minor) an (D major) d  in his  (B minor) grave,
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Her  (D major) heart was  (G major) stroth  (E major) with sor (A major) row.  (F sharp minor) 
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O  (G major) Mother,  (E minor) Mother,  (F sharp minor) make  my  (D major) bed,
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 (G major) For  (D major) I  shall  (B minor) die  tomor (D major) row.
Farewell, she said, ye virgins all,
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and shun the fault  (E major) I   (A major) fell in.
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Henceforth  (G major) take warning
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by  (F sharp minor) the  (B minor) fall of  (E major)  (G major) cruel  (A major) 
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 (B minor) Barbar (A major) a Allen.  (F sharp minor)  (D major) 