Key: G major
Verse 1
G
B
There were three men,
Baug
B
came out of the West,
G
Baug
B
Their fortunes poor to try,
G
B
And these three men made a
G
B
solemn vow,
G
Em
B
John Barley corn should die.
Baug
G
They ploughed, they sowed,
they parrowed him in,
G
B
Baug
And these three men made
Em
B
John Barleycorn was dead.
G
B
G
They let him lie for a very long time
G
B
D
G
And little Sir John sprung up his head
G
D
G
B
F#
till he looked both pale and wan.
Em
B
G
D
And little Sir John's grown a long,
Em
B
and so be came a man.
B
G
B
scythes so sharp
G
B
D
Baug
to cut him off at the knee.
B
G
B
They rolled him and tied
D
G
him at the waist,
G
Baug
They hired men with sharp pitchforks,
G
B
F#
who pricked him to the heart.
Em
B
And the loader,
G
F#m
G
he served him worse than that,
Em
B
G
B
for he's bound him to the cart.
G
Em
B
They've wheeled him around
Em
B
Till they came unto the barn
G
Em
B
G
And there they made a solemn mow
B
G
B
Of poor John Barleycorn
G
B
G
Cm
They've hired men with crabtree sticks
G
B
G
To cut him skin from bone
Em
B
for he's ground him between
two stones.
G
B
Here's little Sir John in a
G
B
nut -brown bowl,
here's brandy in the glass.
And little Sir John in the nut
G
B
G
For the huntsman he
Nor so loudly to blow his horn.
mend kettles nor pots,
Baug
Bb
B
Without a little bar ley corn.
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG B Baug Em F#...
More songs by The Armstrong Family
Discover chords for more songs to play
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users