John Barleycorn chords by Barry Dransfield
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (B minor)
There were (E minor) three
Verse 1
men came (G major) out of the west,
their fortun (A minor) es fought a (E minor) trine,
And these three men
made (G major) a solemn vow,
John Bar (A minor) ley gone (E minor) must dine.
They ploughed, (G major) they sowed,
they harrowed (C major) him (B minor) in ,
threw clubs (D major) all (A major) over (E minor) his (B minor) head.
And (A minor) these (E minor) three men
made a (G major) solemn vow,
John Bar (A minor) ley (E minor) con was dead.
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (B minor)
They (D major) let (G major) him (E minor) lie for a (G major) very long time
till the rain from (E minor) Eden did fall,
Then (D major) little Sir (E minor) John (G major) put up his head
and so amazed (E minor) them all.
They let him lie till midsummer,
till he was both pale (B major) and wan
Then (D major) little Sir (E minor) John grew a (G major) long, long beard
and so became (E minor) a man
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (B minor)
They hired (E minor) (A minor) men (E minor) with (G major) knives so sharp
to (A minor) cut (E minor) him off at the knee
They rolled him and tied him
(G major) about the waist
And served (A minor) him barbarously
(E minor) They hired men with sharp -pitched forks
That (A major) pierced him to (B minor) the heart
(B major) An (B minor) d (E minor) the Lord, oh,
he served him much (G major) worse than that
For he tied (A minor) him to (E minor) the cart (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(A minor) (G major)
(D major) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (B minor) (E minor) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (A minor) (B minor)
They (B major) (B minor) rolled (E minor) him and wheeled him
around (G major) in the field till
they came (A minor) to (E minor) a barn
And there (A minor) these (E minor) men made (G major) a solemn vow
over poor (A minor) John (E minor) Barleycorn
They hired men with crabtree sticks
to strip (A major) him skin (E minor) from (B minor) bone
And the (A minor) miller (E minor) he served him
much (G major) worse than that,
for he (A minor) ground him between two (A major) stone (A minor) s
(A major) (B minor) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (B minor) (B major) Here's (B minor)
(E minor) little Sir John in the (G major) nut -brown bowl
and the brandy (A minor) (E minor) in the glass
And little (A minor) Sir (E minor) John in the
(G major) nut -brown boat,
Who's (A minor) the strongest man (E minor) at last.
For the huntsman (G major) he can't
chase the fox, (B minor)
(D major) Nor so loudly to (A major) blow his (B major) horn. (B minor)
And (B major) the tinker (E minor) er (C major) he can't (E minor) mend,
His (G major) kettles or his pans,
Without a (A minor) little of bar (E minor) ley corn. (A major) (B minor) (G major)
(G major) You (A minor) (B minor)
John Barleycorn
Barry Dransfield
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