John Barleycorn chords by
Jim Causley
Jim Causley

N/A
Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
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There were three men
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came from the West,
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their fortune for to try,
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and these three men
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swore a solemn vow,
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Eb
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John Barleycorn should die.
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Fal -da -dal -da -dee -dee -ay,
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Fáilde, Dáilde, Didié,
Gáinne Mór
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They ploughed him in,
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they harrowed him down
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The drags went over his head
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Then these three men did
vow and declare
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John Barleycorn was dead
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Fal -da -dal -da -dee -dee -ay,
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Fal -da -dal -da -dee -dee
-ay -ga -maw.
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They let him lie for a full fortnight,
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Till the Jews from heaven did fall.
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Then little Sir John, oh he sprang up,
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And he so amazed them all.
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G
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Folded all the Didier,
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Folded all the Didier Gamore
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And there he stood until
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Midsummer's Day
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He looked so pale and worn
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Then little Sir John, oh,
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he grew a fine beard,
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And so became a man.
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Fal -da -dal -da -dee -dee -ay,
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Fal -da -dal -da -dee -dee -ay
-gum -born.
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They hired men with scythes
so sharp
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to cut him off at the knee
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They rolled and they bound
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him by the waist
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and they served him barbarously
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Fal -da -dal -da -dee -dee -ay
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Fal -da -dal -da -dee -dee
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-ay -gum -more
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O barley corn is a choicest grain
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That ever was sown and land
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Bb
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It will do more than anything
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By the turning of your hand
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Fal -da -dal -da -dee -dee -ay
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Fal -da -dal -da -dee -dee -ay -gum -more

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