John Barleycorn (2009 Remaster) Chords
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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There were three men came from the West, their fortunes for the tell, and the life of John Barleycorn as well.
[G] They have laid him in three furrows, they've [D] laid clods upon his [G] head.
Then these three men made a solemn vow, John Barleycorn was dead.
[C] [D] John Barleycorn [G] was dead.
[D]
[G] They let him lie for a very long time, till [D] the rain from heaven did [G] fall.
Then little Sir John, he sprang up his [A] head, and he [G] did amaze them [D] all.
He did [G] amaze them [D] all.
[G] They let him stand till the midsummer [D] day, till he looked both pale and worn.
[G] Then little Sir John, he grew a long [C] beard and he so [A] became a man.
[D] He so [G] became a man.
[D] [G]
[D] So [G] [D]
[G] they have hired men with their scythes so sharp [D] to cut him off at the knee.
[G] have rolled and had tied him around the waist, [A] they've served him barbarously, [D] they have
served him [G] barbarously.
Fa la la [D] la la la la la [G] la la la la la la la la la la la la la [D] la la la la la la la
[G] And [D]
they have hired men with the crabtree sticks [D] to cut him skin from bone
[G] And the millery has served him worse than that
[Am] He ground him between [A] two stones
[D] He ground him between [G] two stones
Fa la la la [D] la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la la [G] la la lay go
Fa la la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la la [G] la lay [D] go
[G] And they have wheeled him here and they've wheeled him there
[D] They've wheeled him to a barn
[G] And they have served him worse than that
[Am] They've [G] bunged him in a vat
[D] They've bunged him [G] in a vat
Fa la la [D] la la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la [G] la la la lay go
Fa la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la [G] la la lay [D] go
[G] Well they have worked their will on John Molly Corn
[D] But he lived a toll the toll
For [G] they pour him out of an old brown jug
[Am] And they call him [G] homebrewed ale
[D] They call him [G] homebrewed ale
Fa la la la [D] la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la la [G] la la lay go
Fa la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la [G] la la lay [D] go
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[G] They have laid him in three furrows, they've [D] laid clods upon his [G] head.
Then these three men made a solemn vow, John Barleycorn was dead.
[C] [D] John Barleycorn [G] was dead.
[D]
[G] They let him lie for a very long time, till [D] the rain from heaven did [G] fall.
Then little Sir John, he sprang up his [A] head, and he [G] did amaze them [D] all.
He did [G] amaze them [D] all.
[G] They let him stand till the midsummer [D] day, till he looked both pale and worn.
[G] Then little Sir John, he grew a long [C] beard and he so [A] became a man.
[D] He so [G] became a man.
[D] [G]
[D] So [G] [D]
[G] they have hired men with their scythes so sharp [D] to cut him off at the knee.
[G] have rolled and had tied him around the waist, [A] they've served him barbarously, [D] they have
served him [G] barbarously.
Fa la la [D] la la la la la [G] la la la la la la la la la la la la la [D] la la la la la la la
[G] And [D]
they have hired men with the crabtree sticks [D] to cut him skin from bone
[G] And the millery has served him worse than that
[Am] He ground him between [A] two stones
[D] He ground him between [G] two stones
Fa la la la [D] la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la la [G] la la lay go
Fa la la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la la [G] la lay [D] go
[G] And they have wheeled him here and they've wheeled him there
[D] They've wheeled him to a barn
[G] And they have served him worse than that
[Am] They've [G] bunged him in a vat
[D] They've bunged him [G] in a vat
Fa la la [D] la la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la [G] la la la lay go
Fa la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la [G] la la lay [D] go
[G] Well they have worked their will on John Molly Corn
[D] But he lived a toll the toll
For [G] they pour him out of an old brown jug
[Am] And they call him [G] homebrewed ale
[D] They call him [G] homebrewed ale
Fa la la la [D] la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la la [G] la la lay go
Fa la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la [G] la la lay [D] go
[G] [D]
[G] [C]
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There were three men came from the West, their fortunes for the tell, and the life of John Barleycorn as well. _
_ [G] _ They have laid him in three furrows, they've [D] laid clods upon his [G] head.
Then these three men made a solemn vow, John Barleycorn was dead.
[C] [D] John Barleycorn [G] was dead.
[D] _
_ [G] They let him lie for a very long time, till [D] the rain from heaven did [G] fall.
Then little Sir John, he sprang up his [A] head, and he [G] did amaze them [D] all.
He did [G] amaze them [D] all. _
[G] _ They let him stand till the midsummer [D] day, till he looked both pale and worn.
[G] Then little Sir John, he grew a long [C] beard and he so [A] became a man.
[D] He so [G] became a man. _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] So _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ they have hired men with their scythes so sharp [D] to cut him off at the knee.
[G] have rolled and had tied him around the waist, [A] they've served him barbarously, [D] they have
served him [G] barbarously.
Fa la la [D] la la la la la [G] la la la la la la la la la la la la la [D] la la la la la la la
[G] And _ [D] _ _
_ they have hired men with the crabtree sticks [D] to cut him skin from bone
[G] And the millery has served him worse than that
[Am] He ground him between [A] two stones
[D] He ground him between [G] two stones
Fa la la la [D] la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la la [G] la la lay go
Fa la la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la la [G] la lay [D] go _
[G] And they have wheeled him here and they've wheeled him there
[D] They've wheeled him to a barn
[G] And they have served him worse than that
[Am] They've [G] bunged him in a vat
[D] They've bunged him [G] in a vat
Fa la la [D] la la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la [G] la la la lay go
Fa la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la [G] la la lay [D] go _
[G] Well they have worked their will on John Molly Corn
[D] But he lived a toll the toll
For [G] they pour him out of an old brown jug
[Am] And they call him [G] homebrewed ale
[D] They call him [G] homebrewed ale
Fa la la la [D] la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la la [G] la la lay go
Fa la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la [G] la la lay [D] go _
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_ [G] _ They have laid him in three furrows, they've [D] laid clods upon his [G] head.
Then these three men made a solemn vow, John Barleycorn was dead.
[C] [D] John Barleycorn [G] was dead.
[D] _
_ [G] They let him lie for a very long time, till [D] the rain from heaven did [G] fall.
Then little Sir John, he sprang up his [A] head, and he [G] did amaze them [D] all.
He did [G] amaze them [D] all. _
[G] _ They let him stand till the midsummer [D] day, till he looked both pale and worn.
[G] Then little Sir John, he grew a long [C] beard and he so [A] became a man.
[D] He so [G] became a man. _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] So _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ they have hired men with their scythes so sharp [D] to cut him off at the knee.
[G] have rolled and had tied him around the waist, [A] they've served him barbarously, [D] they have
served him [G] barbarously.
Fa la la [D] la la la la la [G] la la la la la la la la la la la la la [D] la la la la la la la
[G] And _ [D] _ _
_ they have hired men with the crabtree sticks [D] to cut him skin from bone
[G] And the millery has served him worse than that
[Am] He ground him between [A] two stones
[D] He ground him between [G] two stones
Fa la la la [D] la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la la [G] la la lay go
Fa la la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la la [G] la lay [D] go _
[G] And they have wheeled him here and they've wheeled him there
[D] They've wheeled him to a barn
[G] And they have served him worse than that
[Am] They've [G] bunged him in a vat
[D] They've bunged him [G] in a vat
Fa la la [D] la la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la [G] la la la lay go
Fa la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la [G] la la lay [D] go _
[G] Well they have worked their will on John Molly Corn
[D] But he lived a toll the toll
For [G] they pour him out of an old brown jug
[Am] And they call him [G] homebrewed ale
[D] They call him [G] homebrewed ale
Fa la la la [D] la it's a lovely day
Sing fa la la [G] la la lay go
Fa la la la la it's a lovely day
[D] Sing fa la la [G] la la lay [D] go _
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