Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
City,
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where I once did dwell,
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It's where I got my learnin'.
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I fell in love with a pretty young girl,
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and her name was Barbara Allen
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she said she would not have me
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Straight away home as I could go,
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where Barbara was a -dwellin'
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My master's sick, he sent for you,
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she saw his pale lips quiverin'
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No better, no better I'll ever be
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If I can't get Barbara Allen
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Way down in Yonder Tavern
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You drank a toast to the ladies all
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But you slide at Barbara Allen
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Oh, yes, I remember a long time ago
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Way down in yonder tavern
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I drank a toast to the ladies all
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But my love was for Barbara
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Alley
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Now as she went down the winding road,
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she heard the wee birds singing.
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Every bird it seemed to say hard, hard,
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it's Barbara Allen.
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Dig it deep and narrow.
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Little Jimmy Cruz has died for love,
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And I must die for sorrow.
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They buried Miss Barbara beside him.
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From his grave there grew a red rose,
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From her grave grew a briar.
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They grew to the top of the
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They could not grow any higher.
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Red rose around the briar.
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ChordsC F G
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