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John Barleycorn (must die) chords
Traffic (English Folksong) *
A G D Em D Em D 2x
A Em G D Em
There were three men came out of the west,
A G D Em
their fortunes for to try
A Em G D Em
And these three men made a solemn vow:
A G D Em
John Barleycorn must die.
G Em D Em
They've ploughed, they've sewn, they've harrowed him in;
G A Em
threw clods at Barley's head
A Em G D Em
And these three men made a solemn vow:
A G D Em
John Barleycorn was dead.
A G D Em D Em D 4x
A Em G D Em
They've let him lie for a very long time,
A G D Em
‘till the rains from heaven did fall
A Em G D Em
And little Sir John sprung up his head,
A G D Em
and so amazed them all.
G Em D Em
They've let him stand ‘till midsummer's day,
G A Em
‘till he looked both pale and worn
A Em G D Em
And little Sir John's grown a long, long beard,
A G D Em
and so become a man.
A G D Em D Em D 4x
A Em G D Em
They've hired men with the scythes so sharp,
A G D Em
to cut him off at the knee
A Em G D Em
They've rolled him and tied him by the waist,
A G D Em
servin' him most barbarously.
G Em D Em
They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks,
G A Em
who pricked him to the heart
A Em G D Em
And the loader he has served him worse than that,
A G D Em
for he's bound him to the cart
A G D Em D Em D 4x
A Em G D Em
They've wheeled him around and around the field,
A G D Em
‘till they came unto a barn
A Em G D Em
And there they made a solemn oath,
A G D Em
on poor John Barleycorn.
G Em D Em
They've hired men with the crab-tree sticks,
G A Em
to cut him skin from bone
A Em G D Em
And the miller he has served him worse than that,
A G D Em
for he's ground him between two stones.
A G D Em D Em D 4x
A Em G D Em
And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl,
A G D Em
and he's brandy in the glass
A Em G D Em
And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl,
A G D Em
proved the strongest man at last.
G Em D Em
The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox,
G A Em
nor so loudly to blow his horn
A Em G D Em
And the tinker he can't mend kettle nor pots,
A G D Em
without a little Barleycorn
* Alternate:
Capo VII (probably the most correct)
A = D
Em = Am
G = C
D = G
Capo II
A = G
Em = Dm
G = F
D = C
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