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John Barbour chords by 
Great Big Sea
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Intro 1
G
Verse 1
G
What ails you, my daughter dear?
Your eyes, they look so dim,
Have you had any sore sickness,
Or yet been sleeping with a man?
Verse 2
G
No I haven't had any sore sickness,
But I know what's ailing me,
C
I am thinking of my own true love
G
Who ploughs the raging sea.
C
Verse 3
G
C
G
Am
D
Is he a Lord or a Duke or a knight
C
D
G
Or a man of wealth and fame?
C
Or is he one of our sailor lads
G
C
Come tell me now his name.
Verse 4
G
Am
C
D
He is no Lord nor Duke nor knight
C
D
G
Nor a man of wealth or fame.
C
He is one of your sailor lads
G
C
John Barbour is his name.
Verse 5
G
Am
C
D
Now if John Barbour is his name,
C
D
G
A lowly sailor man is he,
C
G
C
If John Barbour is his name,
G
C
G
Then hanged he shall be.
Interlude 1
G
C
G
C
D
G
Am
D
G
C
D
G
C
G
Am
Then he called his sailors
Verse 6
C
D
all
C
D
G
By one, by two, by three
C
John Barbour was the first he called
G
C
But the last came down was he.
Verse 7
C
G
Am
C
D
When he came a dancing down,
C
D
G
He was clothed all in white
C
His cheeks were like the roses red
G
C
And his teeth were ivory bright.
Verse 8
C
G
Am
C
D
He paid their wages with a smile
C
D
G
And to John Barbour he did say
C
If I was a woman as I am a man
G
C
G
My bed fellow you would be.
Verse 9
C
G
Am
And will you marry my
C
D
daughter Jane?
C
D
And take her by the hand
G
C
And will you come and dine with me
G
C
Take charge of all my lands.
Verse 10
G
Am
C
D
Yes I will marry your daughter Jane
C
D
G
And take her by the hand
C
And I will come and dine with you,
G
C
But to hell with all your land.
Verse 11
G
Am
C
D
For if you can give her one gold piece,
C
D
G
Then I can give her three.
For they call me young
C
John Barbour
G
And I plough the raging sea.
Outro 1
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
D
G
Am
Dsus4
D
G
C
D
G
C
G
Am
C
Dsus4
G
C
D
G
D
G
D
D
G
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