Barbara Allen Chords by Dave Evans & River Bend
Tempo:
61.35 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
D#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [B]
yonder's town where I was born, lived a fireman, Willie, my master said, and he said for you,
if your name [F#] is [E] Bobbie [B] Allen, I'll send a servant to your town, Barbara, she was a dweller, my master said, and he said for you,
if [F#] your name is [E] [B] Bobbie Allen, oh, Mali, my own heart, so sweetly sang, and as they sang, oh, they seemed to say, hard-hearted [D#m] Bobbie [B] Allen,
look to thee, oh, she looked to the west, she saw sweet William goes, a common lay down, lay down, that corpse of clay, so that [F#] I may [E] love upon him,
[B]
[B]
[E] [B]
oh, the more she, oh, beat me, oh, take me home, for I [F#] am sure [E] of [B] dying, my father, oh, father, oh, dig my grave, oh, dig it [E] long,
her [B] narrow, sweet William died, for me today, and I [F#] must die, [E] for him tomorrow,
[B] oh, they buried her in, that old churchyard,
buried sweet [E] [B] William, come down beside her, on William's grave, grew a red, red rose, on [F#] Barbara's grew [E] a [B] green friar,
what grew to the top, of the old church house, it grew till it [E] could [B] not grow no higher, had no other type, any true love nor, the [C#] red rose, [E] [B] the briar,
[N]
yonder's town where I was born, lived a fireman, Willie, my master said, and he said for you,
if your name [F#] is [E] Bobbie [B] Allen, I'll send a servant to your town, Barbara, she was a dweller, my master said, and he said for you,
if [F#] your name is [E] [B] Bobbie Allen, oh, Mali, my own heart, so sweetly sang, and as they sang, oh, they seemed to say, hard-hearted [D#m] Bobbie [B] Allen,
look to thee, oh, she looked to the west, she saw sweet William goes, a common lay down, lay down, that corpse of clay, so that [F#] I may [E] love upon him,
[B]
[B]
[E] [B]
oh, the more she, oh, beat me, oh, take me home, for I [F#] am sure [E] of [B] dying, my father, oh, father, oh, dig my grave, oh, dig it [E] long,
her [B] narrow, sweet William died, for me today, and I [F#] must die, [E] for him tomorrow,
[B] oh, they buried her in, that old churchyard,
buried sweet [E] [B] William, come down beside her, on William's grave, grew a red, red rose, on [F#] Barbara's grew [E] a [B] green friar,
what grew to the top, of the old church house, it grew till it [E] could [B] not grow no higher, had no other type, any true love nor, the [C#] red rose, [E] [B] the briar,
[N]
Key:
B
E
F#
D#m
C#
B
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ yonder's town where I was born, _ lived a _ fireman, Willie, my master said, _ and he said for you,
if your name [F#] is [E] Bobbie [B] _ Allen, _ I'll send a servant to your town, _ Barbara, she _ was a dweller, _ my master said, _ and he said for you,
if [F#] your name is _ [E] _ [B] Bobbie Allen, _ _ oh, Mali, my own heart, so sweetly sang, and as they sang, oh, they seemed to say, hard-hearted [D#m] _ Bobbie [B] Allen,
_ _ _ look to thee, _ oh, she looked to the west, she saw sweet William goes, a common lay down, lay down, that corpse of clay, so that [F#] I may [E] love upon him,
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ oh, the more she, _ oh, beat me, oh, take me home, for I [F#] am sure [E] of [B] dying, _ _ my father, oh, father, oh, dig my grave, oh, dig it [E] long,
her [B] narrow, sweet William died, for me today, and I [F#] must die, [E] for him tomorrow, _ _
[B] oh, they buried her in, that old churchyard,
_ buried sweet [E] [B] William, come down beside her, on William's grave, grew a red, red rose, on [F#] Barbara's grew _ [E] a [B] green friar,
what _ grew to the top, of the old church house, it grew till it [E] could [B] not grow no higher, had no other type, any true love nor, the [C#] red rose, [E] _ [B] the briar,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ yonder's town where I was born, _ lived a _ fireman, Willie, my master said, _ and he said for you,
if your name [F#] is [E] Bobbie [B] _ Allen, _ I'll send a servant to your town, _ Barbara, she _ was a dweller, _ my master said, _ and he said for you,
if [F#] your name is _ [E] _ [B] Bobbie Allen, _ _ oh, Mali, my own heart, so sweetly sang, and as they sang, oh, they seemed to say, hard-hearted [D#m] _ Bobbie [B] Allen,
_ _ _ look to thee, _ oh, she looked to the west, she saw sweet William goes, a common lay down, lay down, that corpse of clay, so that [F#] I may [E] love upon him,
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ oh, the more she, _ oh, beat me, oh, take me home, for I [F#] am sure [E] of [B] dying, _ _ my father, oh, father, oh, dig my grave, oh, dig it [E] long,
her [B] narrow, sweet William died, for me today, and I [F#] must die, [E] for him tomorrow, _ _
[B] oh, they buried her in, that old churchyard,
_ buried sweet [E] [B] William, come down beside her, on William's grave, grew a red, red rose, on [F#] Barbara's grew _ [E] a [B] green friar,
what _ grew to the top, of the old church house, it grew till it [E] could [B] not grow no higher, had no other type, any true love nor, the [C#] red rose, [E] _ [B] the briar,
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