Barbara Allen chords by The Clancy Brothers

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Verse 1
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Spring (E major) time comes  (D major) but once a year,  (G minor) 
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 (D major) When all things are in blossom.
Sweet William on his deathbed lay,
For the love of Barbara Helen.
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She loved him,  (E major)  (D major) and he loved  (G minor) her ,
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 (D major) And in Henry's heart was a -dwellin'.
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Sweet William  (E major) would  (D major) lay down his life
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For the  (G minor) love of  (D major) our Brelin.
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Do  (E major) you remember in the  (D major) old  (G minor) town Inn,
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In the old  (D major) town Inn a -drinkin'?
I gave a toast to the lady's horse,
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Martha  (E major)  (D major) Barbaril (E major) lon.
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 (D major) As she was walking down  (G minor) the road,
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she  (D major) heard the birds a -singing.
And what she thought that birdie sang,
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Was her turtledove, Brelin.  (E major) 
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 (D major) As she was passing  (E major) the old  (D major) church (G minor) yard,
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The  (D major) old church bells were ringing,
And while she thought
the burglars rang out,
Was out -hunted by Breland.
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 (G minor) Then she looked  (E major) to the east,
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then  (D major) she looked to the west (G minor) ,
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Till  (D major) she spied the funeral coming.
Lay down,
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lay  (E major) down  (D major) that corpse of clay,
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Till I will gaze  (E major) upon it.
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 (D major) O the more she looked,
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O the more  (G minor) she moaned,
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 (D major) Till she fell to the ground, a -crying,  (G major) 
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 (D major) Sing, pick me up and carry me home,
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for it is now that I am dying.  (E major) 
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 (D major) Oh,  (E major) Father,  (D major) go and make my  (G minor) grave.
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 (D major) O  make it long and narrow,
for my love died for me last night,
I'll die for him tomorrow.
They both were buried
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in an old  (G minor) churchyard,
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 (D major) And she was buried in a yarn,
Or her grave grew a rosy red,
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Or Barbara's grew a bri (E major) ar.
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 (D major) Their boat  (D major) grew up to a steeple hilltop,
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Till they  (D major) couldn't climb any higher.
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Then  (D major) they mingled together
in a thrill of a snap,
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The red rose  (D major) and the briar. you