John Barleycorn chords by Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Paul Weller
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Intro 1
(Asus4) (A minor) (Dsus4) (D major) (A minor) (Asus4)
Oh (A minor) there
Verse 1
(D major)
were three men (A minor) came out of the west
Their fortunes (G major) (D major) for to try, (Asus4)
And (D major) these three men (A minor)
made a solemn vow:
John (G major) Barleycorn (D major) should die. (A minor)
They ploughed, they sowed, (D major)
(A minor) they harrowed him in,
Throwed (D major) clods (G major) (D major) upon
(Asus4) his (A minor) head. (A major)
Then (D major) these three men (A minor) made
a solemn vow:
John (G major) Barleycorn (D major) was dead.
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Interlude 1
(A major) (D major)
(A minor) (A major) (Asus4) (D major)
(A major) They
Verse 2
(D major) let him lie (A minor) for a very long time
Till the (G major) rain from (D minor) heaven (D major) did
fall. (Asus4) (G major)
(Dsus4) Then little Sir John (A minor) he
raised up his head
And he soon (G major) amazed (D major) them
all. (Asus4) (A minor)
They let him lie (D major) till the long (A minor) midsummer
Till he (D major) looked (G major) both (D major) pale and
(Asus4) wan. (A major) (Asus4)
Then (D major) little Sir John (A minor) growed a long,
long beard
An (G major) d so be (D major) came a man.
Interlude 2
(A major) (Asus4)
(A minor) (D major) (E minor) (Asus4) (A major)
(A minor) They
Verse 3
(D major) hired men (A minor) with
the scythes so sharp
To (G major) cut him off (D major) down by
the knee. (Asus4)
They (D major) rolled him and (A minor) tied him
around by the waist,
Served (G major) him most (D major) barbarously. (A major) (A minor)
They hired men (D major) (A minor) with
the sharp pitchforks
Who (G major) pierced him to (D major) the (Asus4) heart. (A minor)
But the loader (D major) ,
he served (A minor) him far worse than that
For he (G major) bound him to (D major) the cart.
Interlude 3
(Asus4) (A major) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (Asus4) (A minor) (D major)
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
(D major) (A minor)
(D major) (A minor) (A major) (A minor) (G major) (Asus4) (A minor) (D major)
(A minor) (G major) (Dsus4) (D major) (A major)
(A minor) They
Verse 4
(D major) rode him around (A minor) and around the field
Till they (G major) came in (D major) to a barn, (A minor)
(Dsus4) And (D major) there they made a solemn (A minor) (D major) mow
Of poor John Barleycorn. (A minor)
They hired men with the crab- tree sticks
Who cut him skin from bone
(G major) But the miller (D major) (A minor) ,
he served him far worse than that
For he ground (G major) him between (D major) two stones. (A major) (A minor)
(D major) (A minor) (Asus4) (Dsus4) (D major)
Verse 5
(A major)
Here's (A minor) (D minor) little Sir (D major) John (A minor) in
the nut- brown bowl
And brandy (G major) (D major) in a (A minor) glass.
And (D minor) little Sir John (D major) (A minor) in
the nut- brown bowl
Proved the stronger (D major) man at last. (A major) (A minor)
For the hunter, (D major) he (A minor) can't hunt the fox
Nor so (G major) loudly (D major) blow his (A major) horn,
(A minor) And the tinker, (D major)
he (A minor) can't mend his kettles or his pots
Without a (G major) little bit of John (D major) Barley (A minor) corn.
(A major) (Asus4)
Outro 1
(A minor) (A major) (A minor) (G major) (Dsus4)
(D major) (A major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (A major)
(A major) (D major)
John Barleycorn
Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Paul Weller
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