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Intro 1
(A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 1
There (A major) were three (E minor) men came out (G major) of (D major) the west,
(E minor) their for (A major) tun (E minor) es (G major) for (E minor) (D major) to try (E minor)
And these (A major) three (E minor) men made
a solem (G major) (D major) n vow (E minor)
John (A major) Barleycorn (G major) must (D major) die (E minor)
They've (G major) plowed, they've sown,
(D major) they've harrowed (E minor) him in
Threw (G major) clods upon (A major) his (Bsus4) head (B major)
And (A major) these (A minor) three (E minor) men made
a solem (G major) (D major) n vow (E minor)
John (A major) Barleycorn (E minor) (G major) (D major) was dead
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Interlude 1
(E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
(A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 2
They've (A major) let him (E minor) lie for a very long (G major) (D major) time,
(E minor) 'til the rain (A major) s from (E minor) heaven (D major) did fall (E minor)
And (A major) little Sir John (E minor) sprung up his (D major) head (E minor) and
so (A major) amazed (E minor) (G major) (D major) them all (E minor)
They've (G major) let him stand 'til mid (E minor) summer's day
'til he (G major) looked both pale (A major) and (Bsus4) wan (B major)
And (A minor) little Sir John's (E minor) grown a long (G major) long (D major) beard (E minor) and so (A major) become (E minor) (G major)
(D major) a man (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major)
(D major) (E minor)
They've hired (A major) (E minor) men with their scythes (G major) so
(D major) sharp (E minor) to cut (A major) him off (G major) at (D major) the knee (E minor)
They've (A major) rolled him and (E minor) tied him (G major) by the (D major) way,
(E minor) serving (A major) him most (G major) barbar (D major) ously
(E minor) They've (G major) hired men (D major) with their sharp (E minor) pitchforks
who've (G major) pricked him to (A major) the (Bsus4) heart (B minor) (B major)
And the (A major) load (A minor) er he has served (E minor)
him worse (G major) than (D major) that (E minor)
For he's (A major) bound him (E minor) to (G major) (D major) the cart
Interlude 2
(E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major)
(E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 3
They've (A major) wheeled him around (E minor) and around (G major)
a field (E minor) 'til they came (A major) on (G major) to (D major) a pond (E minor)
And (A major) there they made (E minor) a solem (G major) (D major) n oath
(E minor) on (A major) poor John (G major) Barley (D major) corn
(E minor) They've (G major) hired men with their crabtree (E minor)
sticks to (G major) cut him skin (A major) from (Bsus4) bone (B major)
And the miller (A major) he has served (E minor) him
worse (G major) than (D major) that (E minor)
For he's (A major) ground him between (G major) two (D major) stone (E minor) s
Interlude 3
(A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (G major)
(E minor)
Verse 4
And (A major) little Sir John (E minor) and the nut brown (G major) bowl
(E minor) and his (A major) brandy (G major) in (D major) the glass (E minor)
And (A major) little Sir John (E minor) and the nut (G major) brown (D major) bowl
(E minor) proved the strongest (A major) (G major) man (D major) at last (E minor)
The huntsman (G major) he can't (E minor) hunt the fox nor
so loudly (G major) to blow (A major) his horn (Bsus4) (B major)
And the tinker (A major) (A minor) he can't (E minor) mend kettle (G major) or (D major) pot
(E minor) s without (A major) a little (E minor) (G major) barleycorn (D major)
(E minor)
John Barleycorn Must Die
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