Chords for Barbara Allen
Tempo:
49.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F#
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
She worked hard all year long, she hasn't missed a day.
It's her first job and [B] now she's getting vacation with [E] pay.
She finished work at five o [B]'clock, rushed [E] home and packed her bag in.
A small town girl, knew not the world.
[B] Her name was [E] Barbara Allen.
Brilliant she kissed, said her goodbyes.
Farewell Louisiana, San Francisco, there she did go.
Just [B] seventeen, [E] a beauty.
[F#] There she met [A] a boy with hidden [F#] deeds.
Who showed her [A] all his magic needs.
[F#] Like him she soon lived for a dream and forgot [E] about her William.
[D] Just three short no's in three long arms.
Yet William read them daily, no more could he.
Preaching that she would [A] come back home to marry.
[D] Then he lay down, not feeling well.
They called the doctor to him.
When he arrived, William had died.
For the [A] love of [D] Barbara Allen, [E] her baggage packed to go back home.
When news arrived of William, inside she died.
And then she cried.
These words out to her mother.
Oh [A] mother, mother, make my bed.
Please make it long and narrow.
My William died for me today.
I'll [E] die for you [A] tomorrow.
It's her first job and [B] now she's getting vacation with [E] pay.
She finished work at five o [B]'clock, rushed [E] home and packed her bag in.
A small town girl, knew not the world.
[B] Her name was [E] Barbara Allen.
Brilliant she kissed, said her goodbyes.
Farewell Louisiana, San Francisco, there she did go.
Just [B] seventeen, [E] a beauty.
[F#] There she met [A] a boy with hidden [F#] deeds.
Who showed her [A] all his magic needs.
[F#] Like him she soon lived for a dream and forgot [E] about her William.
[D] Just three short no's in three long arms.
Yet William read them daily, no more could he.
Preaching that she would [A] come back home to marry.
[D] Then he lay down, not feeling well.
They called the doctor to him.
When he arrived, William had died.
For the [A] love of [D] Barbara Allen, [E] her baggage packed to go back home.
When news arrived of William, inside she died.
And then she cried.
These words out to her mother.
Oh [A] mother, mother, make my bed.
Please make it long and narrow.
My William died for me today.
I'll [E] die for you [A] tomorrow.
Key:
E
A
B
F#
D
E
A
B
She worked hard all year long, she hasn't missed a day.
It's her first job and [B] now she's getting vacation with [E] pay.
She finished work at five o [B]'clock, rushed [E] home and packed her bag in.
A small town girl, knew not the world.
[B] Her name was [E] Barbara Allen.
Brilliant she kissed, said her goodbyes.
Farewell Louisiana, San Francisco, _ there she did go.
Just [B] seventeen, [E] a beauty.
[F#] There she met [A] a boy with hidden [F#] deeds.
Who showed her [A] all his magic needs.
[F#] Like him she soon lived for a dream and forgot [E] about her William.
[D] Just three short no's in three long arms.
Yet William read them daily, no more could he.
Preaching that she would [A] come back home to marry.
[D] Then he lay down, not feeling well.
They called the doctor to him.
When he arrived, William had died.
For the [A] love of [D] Barbara Allen, [E] _ her baggage packed to go back home.
When news arrived of William, _ inside she died.
And then she cried.
These words out to her mother.
Oh [A] mother, mother, make my bed.
Please make it long and narrow.
My William died for me today.
I'll [E] die for _ you [A] tomorrow. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's her first job and [B] now she's getting vacation with [E] pay.
She finished work at five o [B]'clock, rushed [E] home and packed her bag in.
A small town girl, knew not the world.
[B] Her name was [E] Barbara Allen.
Brilliant she kissed, said her goodbyes.
Farewell Louisiana, San Francisco, _ there she did go.
Just [B] seventeen, [E] a beauty.
[F#] There she met [A] a boy with hidden [F#] deeds.
Who showed her [A] all his magic needs.
[F#] Like him she soon lived for a dream and forgot [E] about her William.
[D] Just three short no's in three long arms.
Yet William read them daily, no more could he.
Preaching that she would [A] come back home to marry.
[D] Then he lay down, not feeling well.
They called the doctor to him.
When he arrived, William had died.
For the [A] love of [D] Barbara Allen, [E] _ her baggage packed to go back home.
When news arrived of William, _ inside she died.
And then she cried.
These words out to her mother.
Oh [A] mother, mother, make my bed.
Please make it long and narrow.
My William died for me today.
I'll [E] die for _ you [A] tomorrow. _ _ _ _ _ _ _