Eli, the Barrow Boy chords by The Decemberists
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Intro 1
(A minor)
Verse 1
Eli, the (A minor) barrow boy
Of the (C major) old town
(A minor) Sells coal and marigolds
And he cries (C major) out
(G major) All down the (A minor) day
(G major) (A minor)
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Verse 2
Below the tamaracks
She is (C major) crying (A minor)
Corn cobs and candle wax for the buying (C major)
(G major) All down the (A minor) day
(G major) (A minor)
Verse 3
(F major) Would I could afford to buy
my love a fine (C major) robe
(F major) Made of gold and silk Arabian thread (A minor)
She (F major) is dead and gone and
lying in a (C major) pine grove
And (G major) I must push my barrow all the day (A minor)
And (G major) I must push my barrow all the
Interlude 1
day
(A minor) (C major) (A minor)
(C major) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 4
Eli, the (A minor) barrow boy
When they found (C major) him (A minor)
Dressed all in corduroy
He had drowned (C major) in
The (G major) river down the (A minor) way
(G major) (A minor)
Verse 5
They laid his body down in
a church (C major) yard (A minor)
But still when the moon is out
With his (C major) push cart
He (G major) calls down the (A minor) day
(G major) (A minor)
Verse 6
(F major) Would I could afford to buy
my love a (C major) fine gown
(F major) Made of gold and silk Arabian thread (A minor)
But, (F major) I am dead and gone and
lying in a church (C major) ground
And still (G major) I push my barrow all the day (A minor)
(G major) Still I push my barrow all the day
Outro 1
(A minor)
Eli, the Barrow Boy
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