John Barleycorn Chords by The John Renbourn Group
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [D] There [Dm] were three men came out of [Bb] the west their fortunes for to try [Dm] and these three men made a solemn vow
John [D] Barleycorn should die.
[F] They ploughed they sowed they harrowed him in [Bb] truth God so fond [A] his head
[Dm] Then these three men made a solemn vow [Bb] John [D] Barleycorn was dead.
[Dm] Then they let him lie for a very [A] long time
Till the rain from heaven [D] did pour.
[G] But little [Dm] Sir John sprang up his head [Gm] and assumed [D] no face there more
[F] Then they let him stand [Am] till midsummer come till he looked for mail [C] and won
[Dm] But little Sir John he grew a long beard and so [D] became a man
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[Dm] Then they had met with a sight so sharp [Bb] to cut him [D] off at the knee
They rolled [Dm] him and tied him by the waist and served him fervorously
[F] Then they had wedded [Am] with a sharp pitchfork to strip him to [C] the bone
But the Lord [D] there he served him worse than that for he bound him into the cart
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They wheeled him around and around in the field [Bb] till he came [D] into the [G] barn
Then these [Dm] three men made a solemn vow of Sir John [D] Barleycorn
[F] Then they had wedded with a [Am] crabtree stick to cut his skin [A] from bone
But the [Dm] miller he served him [A] worse than that for he crammed him between [D] two stones
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[Dm] [D] [G] Here's to little [Dm] Sir John in a nut frowns old [Bb] man Randy in [D] the glass
[Dm] And little Sir John in a nut frowns old do the stronger man the last
For [Am] the hunter he can't hunt the fox [D] nor love his [A] bowels small
And [Dm] the tinker he can't many petals of what's without [D] a little of Barleycorn
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John [D] Barleycorn should die.
[F] They ploughed they sowed they harrowed him in [Bb] truth God so fond [A] his head
[Dm] Then these three men made a solemn vow [Bb] John [D] Barleycorn was dead.
[Dm] Then they let him lie for a very [A] long time
Till the rain from heaven [D] did pour.
[G] But little [Dm] Sir John sprang up his head [Gm] and assumed [D] no face there more
[F] Then they let him stand [Am] till midsummer come till he looked for mail [C] and won
[Dm] But little Sir John he grew a long beard and so [D] became a man
[Dm]
[A] [D]
[Dm] Then they had met with a sight so sharp [Bb] to cut him [D] off at the knee
They rolled [Dm] him and tied him by the waist and served him fervorously
[F] Then they had wedded [Am] with a sharp pitchfork to strip him to [C] the bone
But the Lord [D] there he served him worse than that for he bound him into the cart
[E] [D]
They wheeled him around and around in the field [Bb] till he came [D] into the [G] barn
Then these [Dm] three men made a solemn vow of Sir John [D] Barleycorn
[F] Then they had wedded with a [Am] crabtree stick to cut his skin [A] from bone
But the [Dm] miller he served him [A] worse than that for he crammed him between [D] two stones
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[Dm] [D] [G] Here's to little [Dm] Sir John in a nut frowns old [Bb] man Randy in [D] the glass
[Dm] And little Sir John in a nut frowns old do the stronger man the last
For [Am] the hunter he can't hunt the fox [D] nor love his [A] bowels small
And [Dm] the tinker he can't many petals of what's without [D] a little of Barleycorn
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_ [E] _ [D] _ There [Dm] were three men came out of [Bb] the west their fortunes for to try [Dm] and these three men made a solemn vow
John [D] Barleycorn should die.
[F] They ploughed they sowed they harrowed him in [Bb] truth God so fond [A] his head
[Dm] Then these three men made a solemn vow [Bb] John [D] Barleycorn was dead. _ _ _
[Dm] Then they let him lie for a very [A] long time
Till the rain from heaven [D] did pour.
[G] But little [Dm] Sir John sprang up his head [Gm] and assumed [D] no face there more
[F] Then they let him stand [Am] till midsummer come till he looked for mail [C] and won
[Dm] But little Sir John he grew a long beard and so [D] became a man
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ Then they had met with a sight so sharp [Bb] to cut him [D] off at the knee
They rolled [Dm] him and tied him by the waist and served him fervorously
[F] Then they had wedded [Am] with a sharp pitchfork to strip him to [C] the bone
But the Lord [D] there he served him worse than that for he bound him into the cart
[E] _ _ [D] _
They wheeled him around and around in the field [Bb] till he came [D] into the [G] barn
Then these [Dm] three men made a solemn vow of Sir John [D] Barleycorn
[F] Then they had wedded with a [Am] crabtree stick to cut his skin [A] from bone
But the [Dm] miller he served him [A] worse than that for he crammed him between [D] two stones
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_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ [G] Here's to little [Dm] Sir John in a nut frowns old [Bb] man Randy in [D] the glass
[Dm] And little Sir John in a nut frowns old do the stronger man the last
For [Am] the hunter he can't hunt the fox [D] nor love his [A] bowels small
And [Dm] the tinker he can't many petals of what's without [D] a little of Barleycorn _ _ _ _
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John [D] Barleycorn should die.
[F] They ploughed they sowed they harrowed him in [Bb] truth God so fond [A] his head
[Dm] Then these three men made a solemn vow [Bb] John [D] Barleycorn was dead. _ _ _
[Dm] Then they let him lie for a very [A] long time
Till the rain from heaven [D] did pour.
[G] But little [Dm] Sir John sprang up his head [Gm] and assumed [D] no face there more
[F] Then they let him stand [Am] till midsummer come till he looked for mail [C] and won
[Dm] But little Sir John he grew a long beard and so [D] became a man
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Then they had met with a sight so sharp [Bb] to cut him [D] off at the knee
They rolled [Dm] him and tied him by the waist and served him fervorously
[F] Then they had wedded [Am] with a sharp pitchfork to strip him to [C] the bone
But the Lord [D] there he served him worse than that for he bound him into the cart
[E] _ _ [D] _
They wheeled him around and around in the field [Bb] till he came [D] into the [G] barn
Then these [Dm] three men made a solemn vow of Sir John [D] Barleycorn
[F] Then they had wedded with a [Am] crabtree stick to cut his skin [A] from bone
But the [Dm] miller he served him [A] worse than that for he crammed him between [D] two stones
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_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ [G] Here's to little [Dm] Sir John in a nut frowns old [Bb] man Randy in [D] the glass
[Dm] And little Sir John in a nut frowns old do the stronger man the last
For [Am] the hunter he can't hunt the fox [D] nor love his [A] bowels small
And [Dm] the tinker he can't many petals of what's without [D] a little of Barleycorn _ _ _ _
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