John Barleycorn (Must Die)
John Barleycorn (Must Die)

John Barleycorn (Must Die) easy guitar chords by Traffic

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    There 
    were 
    three 
    men 
    came 
    out 
    of 
    the 
    west, 

    their 
    for
    tunes 
    for 
    to 
    try 

    And 
    these 
    three 
    men 
    made 

    a 
    solem
    n 
    vow 

    John 
    Barley
    corn 
    must 
    die 

    They've 
    plowed, 
    they've 
    sown, 

    they've 
    harrowed 
    him 
    in 

    Threw 
    clods 
    upon 
    his 
    head 

    And 
    these 
    three 
    men 
    made 

    a 
    solem
    n 
    vow 

    John 
    Barleycorn 
    was 
    dead 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 2
    They've 
    let 
    him 
    lie 
    for 
    a very 
    long 
    time, 

    'til 
    the 
    rains 
    from 
    heaven 
    did 
    fall 

    And 
    little 
    Sir 
    John 
    sprung 
    up 
    his 
    head 
    and 

    so 
    amazed 
    them 
    all 

    They've 
    let 
    him 
    stand 
    'til 
    midsummer's 
    day 

    'til 
    he 
    looked 
    both 
    pale 
    and 
    wan 

    And 
    little 
    Sir 
    John's 
    grown 
    a 
    long 
    long 
    beard 
    and 
    so 
    be
    come 

    a man 

    They've 
    hired 
    men 
    with 
    their scythes 
    so 
    sharp 

    to 
    cut 
    him 
    off 
    at 
    the knee 

    They've 
    rolled 
    him 
    and 
    tied 
    him 
    by 
    the 
    way, 

    serving 
    him 
    most 
    barbar
    ously 

    They've 
    hired 
    men 
    with 
    their sharp 
    pitchforks 

    who've 
    pricked 
    him 
    to 
    the 
    heart 

    And 
    the 
    loader 
    he 
    has 
    served 

    him 
    worse 
    than 
    that 

    For 
    he's 
    bound 
    him 
    to 
    the cart 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 3
    They've 
    wheeled 
    him 
    around 
    and 
    around 
    a 

    field 
    'til 
    they 
    came 
    on
    to 
    a 
    pond 

    And 
    there 
    they 
    made 
    a 
    solem
    n 

    oath 
    on 
    poor 
    John 
    Barley
    corn 

    They've 
    hired 
    men 
    with 
    their crabtree 

    sticks 
    to 
    cut 
    him 
    skin 
    from 
    bone 

    And 
    the 
    miller 
    he 
    has 
    served 
    him 

    worse 
    than 
    that 

    For 
    he's 
    ground 
    him 

    between 
    two 
    stones 

    Interlude 3


    Verse 4
    And 
    little 
    Sir 
    John 

    and 
    the 
    nut 
    brown 
    bowl 
    and 
    his 
    brandy 
    in 
    the 
    glass 

    And 
    little 
    Sir 
    John 
    and 
    the 
    nut 
    brown 
    bowl 

    proved 
    the 
    strongest 
    man 
    at 
    last 

    The 
    huntsman 
    he 
    can't 
    hunt 
    the 
    fox 

    nor 
    so 
    loudly 
    to 
    blow 
    his 
    horn 

    And 
    the tinker 
    he 
    can't 
    mend 
    kettle 
    or 

    pot
    s 
    without 
    a little 
    barley
    corn 

    Outro 1

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