Barbara Allen chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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In Scarlet Town,
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There was a fair maid dwellin'
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Made every youth cry well away
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Her name was Barbara Allen
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All in the merry month of May,
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When green buds then were swelling,
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Young Jemmy Grove on his deathbed lay,
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For love of Barbara  Allen.
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And death is printed on his face,
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And o 'er his heart is stealing,
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Then haste away to comfort him,
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O   lovely Barbara Allen.
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So slowly, slowly she came up,
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and slowly she came nigh him.
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And all she said when there she came,
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Young man, I think you're dying.
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When he was dead and  in his grave,
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Her heart was stroth with sorrow.
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O Mother, Mother, make  my bed,
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For I  shall die tomorrow.
Farewell, she said, ye virgins all,
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and shun the fault I  fell in.
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Henceforth take warning
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by the fall of cruel
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Barbara Allen.