Barbara Allen Chords by Mac Wiseman
Tempo:
89.3 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] In Scarlet Town [D] where [G] I was born, there was [D] a fair [G] maid dwelling, made [E] every youth [G] cry well away.
And [Am] her name [G] was Barbara Allen, all in the [D] merry [G] month of May.
When the green [D] buds were [G] swelling, sweet William [Em] came from [G] the western states.
[Am] And he called him [G] Barbara Allen, all in the [D] merry [G] month of June.
When all [D] things [G] there were blooming, sweet [Em] William on his [G] deathbed lay.
[Am] For the love of [G] Barbara Allen, he sent his [D] servants [G] to the town, where Barbara there [D] [G] was a dwelling.
My [Em] master is sick and [G] sends for you, if your [Am] name be [G] Barbara Allen.
So slowly, [D] slowly [G] she got up and slowly she came to him.
And [Em] all she said when she [G] got there, young [Am] man I think you [G] are a dying.
Oh yes I'm sick and very sick and death on [D] me is a dwelling, [G] no better no [Em] better [G] than thee.
[Am] If I came as [G] Barbara Allen, [A] [E] [G]
would you [D] remember in [G] yonder town, when we were at the tavern drink, you [Em] drank a hell to the [G] ladies all around.
[Am] And you slid it [G] Barbara Allen, yes I remember in yonder town, in yonder town [D] [G] while we were drinking, I [Em] gave a toast to the [G] ladies all around.
[Am] And my heart to [G] Barbara Allen, as she was on her highway home, the birds they [D] kept [G] sweetly singing, they [Em] sang so clear they [G] seemed to say.
Heart [Am] hearted Barbara [G] Allen, she looked to the [D] east, she [G] looked to the west, she spied his corpse a coming, lay [Em] down lay down, that [G] corpse lay.
That [Am] I may look [G] upon him, the more she looked the more she mourned, as she fell [D] on [G] the ground crying, may [Em] take me up and [G] carry me home.
[Am] For now I [G] am a dying, [Am] [G]
she was [D] buried in [G] the old churchyard, and he was [D] [G] buried nigh her own [Em] grave.
And they laid their [G] grove of red rose on [Am] Barbara's blue, [G] a green brier, they threw to the top of the old church tower, though they could [D] not grow [G] any higher,
they [Em] laughed and sighed, yet a [G] true love was not the [Am] red red rose around [Em]
the [G] briar.
[G] In Scarlet Town [D] where [G] I was born, there was [D] a fair [G] maid dwelling, made [E] every youth [G] cry well away.
And [Am] her name [G] was Barbara Allen, all in the [D] merry [G] month of May.
When the green [D] buds were [G] swelling, sweet William [Em] came from [G] the western states.
[Am] And he called him [G] Barbara Allen, all in the [D] merry [G] month of June.
When all [D] things [G] there were blooming, sweet [Em] William on his [G] deathbed lay.
[Am] For the love of [G] Barbara Allen, he sent his [D] servants [G] to the town, where Barbara there [D] [G] was a dwelling.
My [Em] master is sick and [G] sends for you, if your [Am] name be [G] Barbara Allen.
So slowly, [D] slowly [G] she got up and slowly she came to him.
And [Em] all she said when she [G] got there, young [Am] man I think you [G] are a dying.
Oh yes I'm sick and very sick and death on [D] me is a dwelling, [G] no better no [Em] better [G] than thee.
[Am] If I came as [G] Barbara Allen, [A] [E] [G]
would you [D] remember in [G] yonder town, when we were at the tavern drink, you [Em] drank a hell to the [G] ladies all around.
[Am] And you slid it [G] Barbara Allen, yes I remember in yonder town, in yonder town [D] [G] while we were drinking, I [Em] gave a toast to the [G] ladies all around.
[Am] And my heart to [G] Barbara Allen, as she was on her highway home, the birds they [D] kept [G] sweetly singing, they [Em] sang so clear they [G] seemed to say.
Heart [Am] hearted Barbara [G] Allen, she looked to the [D] east, she [G] looked to the west, she spied his corpse a coming, lay [Em] down lay down, that [G] corpse lay.
That [Am] I may look [G] upon him, the more she looked the more she mourned, as she fell [D] on [G] the ground crying, may [Em] take me up and [G] carry me home.
[Am] For now I [G] am a dying, [Am] [G]
she was [D] buried in [G] the old churchyard, and he was [D] [G] buried nigh her own [Em] grave.
And they laid their [G] grove of red rose on [Am] Barbara's blue, [G] a green brier, they threw to the top of the old church tower, though they could [D] not grow [G] any higher,
they [Em] laughed and sighed, yet a [G] true love was not the [Am] red red rose around [Em]
the [G] briar.
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_ [G] In Scarlet Town [D] where [G] I was born, there was [D] a fair [G] maid dwelling, made [E] every youth [G] cry well away.
_ And [Am] her name [G] was Barbara Allen, all in the [D] merry [G] month of May.
_ When the green [D] _ buds were [G] swelling, sweet William [Em] came from [G] the western states.
_ [Am] And he called him [G] Barbara Allen, all in the _ [D] merry [G] month of June.
When all _ [D] things [G] there were blooming, sweet [Em] William on his [G] deathbed lay.
[Am] For the love of [G] Barbara Allen, he sent his _ [D] servants [G] to the town, where Barbara there [D] _ [G] was a dwelling.
My [Em] master is sick and [G] sends for you, if your [Am] name be [G] Barbara Allen.
So slowly, [D] slowly [G] she got up and slowly _ she came to him.
And [Em] all she said when she [G] got there, young [Am] man I think you [G] are a dying.
Oh yes I'm sick and very sick and death on [D] me is a dwelling, [G] no better no [Em] _ better [G] than thee.
[Am] If I _ came as [G] Barbara Allen, _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ would you _ [D] remember in [G] yonder town, when we were at the tavern drink, you [Em] drank a hell to the [G] ladies all around.
_ [Am] And you slid it [G] Barbara Allen, yes I _ remember in yonder town, in yonder town [D] _ [G] while we were drinking, I [Em] gave a toast to the [G] ladies all around.
_ [Am] And my heart to [G] Barbara Allen, as she was on her highway home, the birds they [D] kept [G] sweetly singing, they [Em] sang so clear they [G] seemed to say.
Heart [Am] hearted _ Barbara [G] Allen, she looked to the [D] east, she [G] looked to the west, she spied his _ corpse a coming, lay [Em] down lay down, that [G] corpse lay.
That [Am] I may look _ [G] upon him, the more she looked the more she mourned, as she fell [D] on [G] the ground crying, may [Em] take me up and [G] carry me home.
_ [Am] For now I [G] am a dying, _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ she was _ [D] buried in [G] the old churchyard, and he was _ [D] _ [G] buried nigh her own _ [Em] grave.
And they laid their [G] grove of red rose on [Am] Barbara's blue, [G] a green brier, they threw to the top of the old church tower, though they could [D] not grow [G] any higher,
they [Em] laughed and sighed, yet a [G] true love was not the [Am] red red _ rose around [Em]
the [G] briar. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] In Scarlet Town [D] where [G] I was born, there was [D] a fair [G] maid dwelling, made [E] every youth [G] cry well away.
_ And [Am] her name [G] was Barbara Allen, all in the [D] merry [G] month of May.
_ When the green [D] _ buds were [G] swelling, sweet William [Em] came from [G] the western states.
_ [Am] And he called him [G] Barbara Allen, all in the _ [D] merry [G] month of June.
When all _ [D] things [G] there were blooming, sweet [Em] William on his [G] deathbed lay.
[Am] For the love of [G] Barbara Allen, he sent his _ [D] servants [G] to the town, where Barbara there [D] _ [G] was a dwelling.
My [Em] master is sick and [G] sends for you, if your [Am] name be [G] Barbara Allen.
So slowly, [D] slowly [G] she got up and slowly _ she came to him.
And [Em] all she said when she [G] got there, young [Am] man I think you [G] are a dying.
Oh yes I'm sick and very sick and death on [D] me is a dwelling, [G] no better no [Em] _ better [G] than thee.
[Am] If I _ came as [G] Barbara Allen, _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ would you _ [D] remember in [G] yonder town, when we were at the tavern drink, you [Em] drank a hell to the [G] ladies all around.
_ [Am] And you slid it [G] Barbara Allen, yes I _ remember in yonder town, in yonder town [D] _ [G] while we were drinking, I [Em] gave a toast to the [G] ladies all around.
_ [Am] And my heart to [G] Barbara Allen, as she was on her highway home, the birds they [D] kept [G] sweetly singing, they [Em] sang so clear they [G] seemed to say.
Heart [Am] hearted _ Barbara [G] Allen, she looked to the [D] east, she [G] looked to the west, she spied his _ corpse a coming, lay [Em] down lay down, that [G] corpse lay.
That [Am] I may look _ [G] upon him, the more she looked the more she mourned, as she fell [D] on [G] the ground crying, may [Em] take me up and [G] carry me home.
_ [Am] For now I [G] am a dying, _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ she was _ [D] buried in [G] the old churchyard, and he was _ [D] _ [G] buried nigh her own _ [Em] grave.
And they laid their [G] grove of red rose on [Am] Barbara's blue, [G] a green brier, they threw to the top of the old church tower, though they could [D] not grow [G] any higher,
they [Em] laughed and sighed, yet a [G] true love was not the [Am] red red _ rose around [Em]
the [G] briar. _ _ _ _ _
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