John Barleycorn (Must Die) chords by Traffic
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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 men (E minor) came out (D major) of the west, (E minor)
their for (A major) tunes (G major) for (D major) to try (E minor)
And (A major) these 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 clods (G major) 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 rains (A major) 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 midsummer's (E minor) 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 (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 (A major) hired (E minor) men with their scythes (G major) so (D major) sharp
(E minor) to (A major) cut 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 with their sharp (E minor) pitchforks
who've (G major) pricked him to (A major) the (Bsus4) heart (B major)
And the (A major) loader (A minor) he has (E minor) served
him worse than (D major) that (E minor)
For he's (A major) bound him (G major) to (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 (A major) came on (G major) to (D major) a pond (E minor)
And (A major) there they (E minor) made 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 (A major) miller 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) stones
(E minor)
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 (Bsus4) horn (B major)
And the tinker (A major) he (A minor) can't (E minor) mend kettle (G major) or (D major)
pot (E minor) s without (A major) a little (G major) barleycorn (D major)
Outro 1
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John Barleycorn (Must Die)
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