Chords for John Barleycorn
Tempo:
124.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Cm
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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There were three men came from the West, [D] their fortunes for to tell,
[G] And they have made a solemn [C] vow, John [G] Barleycorn [Cm] should die,
[G] Oh, [D] John Barleycorn [G] should die.
They have laid him in three furrows deep,
[D] Laid clods upon his head, [G] Then these three men rejoicing [C]
went,
John [G] Barleycorn [C] was [G] dead, [Bm] John [D] Barleycorn [G] was dead.
[G]
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la la [G] le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la la [G] le o.
[C] [G] They let him lie for a very long time, Till [D] the rain from heaven did fall,
Then little Sir John he sprang up [G] his head, And he did amaze them all,
[D] He [D] did amaze them all.
[G] And they let him stand till the midsummer day,
Till [D] he looked both pale and warm, [G] The little Sir John he grew a [C] long beard,
And he so [G]
became [C] a [G] man, [D] He so became [G] a man.
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] la le o.
So they've hired men with the scythe so sharp, [D] To cut him off at the knee,
And [G] they rolled him, they tied him around, [C]
They [G] served him [C] barbarously,
[G]
[D] They served him [G] barbarously.
And they've hired men with the
tree sticks, [D] To cut him skin from bone,
[G] And the miller he has served him worse than that, [C] He ground [G] him between [C] two stones,
[G]
[D] He ground him between [G] two stones.
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] le o.
And they've willed him here, and they've willed him there,
[D] They've willed him to a barn, [G] And they have served him worse than that,
[C] They've [G] bunged him in [C] a vat, [G] [D] They've bunged him in [G] a vat.
Well they've worked their will on Jambalicorn, [D] But he lived to tell the tale,
[G] For they pour him out of an old brown jug, [C] And they [G] called him home, [C] [G] Brudale,
[D] They called him home, [G] Brudale.
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] le o.
[G] And they have made a solemn [C] vow, John [G] Barleycorn [Cm] should die,
[G] Oh, [D] John Barleycorn [G] should die.
They have laid him in three furrows deep,
[D] Laid clods upon his head, [G] Then these three men rejoicing [C]
went,
John [G] Barleycorn [C] was [G] dead, [Bm] John [D] Barleycorn [G] was dead.
[G]
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la la [G] le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la la [G] le o.
[C] [G] They let him lie for a very long time, Till [D] the rain from heaven did fall,
Then little Sir John he sprang up [G] his head, And he did amaze them all,
[D] He [D] did amaze them all.
[G] And they let him stand till the midsummer day,
Till [D] he looked both pale and warm, [G] The little Sir John he grew a [C] long beard,
And he so [G]
became [C] a [G] man, [D] He so became [G] a man.
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] la le o.
So they've hired men with the scythe so sharp, [D] To cut him off at the knee,
And [G] they rolled him, they tied him around, [C]
They [G] served him [C] barbarously,
[G]
[D] They served him [G] barbarously.
And they've hired men with the
tree sticks, [D] To cut him skin from bone,
[G] And the miller he has served him worse than that, [C] He ground [G] him between [C] two stones,
[G]
[D] He ground him between [G] two stones.
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] le o.
And they've willed him here, and they've willed him there,
[D] They've willed him to a barn, [G] And they have served him worse than that,
[C] They've [G] bunged him in [C] a vat, [G] [D] They've bunged him in [G] a vat.
Well they've worked their will on Jambalicorn, [D] But he lived to tell the tale,
[G] For they pour him out of an old brown jug, [C] And they [G] called him home, [C] [G] Brudale,
[D] They called him home, [G] Brudale.
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] le o.
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There were three men came from the West, [D] their fortunes for to tell, _ _
[G] And they have made a solemn [C] vow, John _ [G] Barleycorn [Cm] should die,
[G] Oh, [D] John _ Barleycorn [G] should die.
They have laid him in three furrows deep,
[D] Laid clods upon his head, _ _ [G] Then these three men rejoicing [C]
went,
John _ [G] Barleycorn [C] was [G] dead, [Bm] John [D] _ Barleycorn [G] was dead.
[G] _
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la la [G] le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la la [G] le o.
[C] _ _ [G] They let him lie for a very long time, Till [D] the rain from heaven did fall,
_ _ Then little Sir John he sprang up [G] his head, And he did amaze them all,
_ [D] He [D] did amaze them all.
[G] And they let him stand till the midsummer day,
Till [D] he looked both pale and warm, _ [G] The little Sir John he grew a [C] long beard,
And he so [G]
became [C] a _ [G] man, [D] He so became [G] a man.
_ _ Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le _ o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] la le _ o. _ _
So they've hired men with the scythe so sharp, [D] To cut him off at the knee, _
And [G] they rolled him, they tied him around, [C]
They _ [G] served him [C] barbarously,
_ [G] _
[D] They served him [G] barbarously. _ _
And they've hired men with the
tree sticks, [D] To cut him skin from bone, _
[G] And the miller he has served him worse than that, [C] He ground [G] him between [C] two stones,
[G] _
[D] He ground him between [G] two stones.
_ Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] le _ o.
_ _ _ And they've willed him here, and they've willed him there,
[D] They've willed him to a barn, _ [G] And they have served him worse than that,
[C] They've [G] bunged him in [C] a vat, [G] _ [D] They've bunged him in [G] a vat.
_ Well they've worked their will on Jambalicorn, [D] But he lived to tell the tale,
_ [G] For they pour him out of an old brown jug, [C] And they [G] called him home, [C] _ [G] Brudale,
[D] They called him home, [G] Brudale.
_ _ Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
_ Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] le _ o. _ _ _
[G] And they have made a solemn [C] vow, John _ [G] Barleycorn [Cm] should die,
[G] Oh, [D] John _ Barleycorn [G] should die.
They have laid him in three furrows deep,
[D] Laid clods upon his head, _ _ [G] Then these three men rejoicing [C]
went,
John _ [G] Barleycorn [C] was [G] dead, [Bm] John [D] _ Barleycorn [G] was dead.
[G] _
Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la la [G] le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la la [G] le o.
[C] _ _ [G] They let him lie for a very long time, Till [D] the rain from heaven did fall,
_ _ Then little Sir John he sprang up [G] his head, And he did amaze them all,
_ [D] He [D] did amaze them all.
[G] And they let him stand till the midsummer day,
Till [D] he looked both pale and warm, _ [G] The little Sir John he grew a [C] long beard,
And he so [G]
became [C] a _ [G] man, [D] He so became [G] a man.
_ _ Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le _ o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] la le _ o. _ _
So they've hired men with the scythe so sharp, [D] To cut him off at the knee, _
And [G] they rolled him, they tied him around, [C]
They _ [G] served him [C] barbarously,
_ [G] _
[D] They served him [G] barbarously. _ _
And they've hired men with the
tree sticks, [D] To cut him skin from bone, _
[G] And the miller he has served him worse than that, [C] He ground [G] him between [C] two stones,
[G] _
[D] He ground him between [G] two stones.
_ Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] le _ o.
_ _ _ And they've willed him here, and they've willed him there,
[D] They've willed him to a barn, _ [G] And they have served him worse than that,
[C] They've [G] bunged him in [C] a vat, [G] _ [D] They've bunged him in [G] a vat.
_ Well they've worked their will on Jambalicorn, [D] But he lived to tell the tale,
_ [G] For they pour him out of an old brown jug, [C] And they [G] called him home, [C] _ [G] Brudale,
[D] They called him home, [G] Brudale.
_ _ Fa la la la, [D] it's a lovely day, Sing fa la [G] la le o,
_ Fa la la, fa la la, it's a lovely day, [D] Singing fa la la [G] le _ o. _ _ _