Chords for John McDermott ~ Barbara Allan

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Twas in [A] and about the Martin was time, When the [E] green leaves were a _ [A]-fallin',
That Sir John Graham of the West Country Fell in love [E] with Barbara _ [A] Allen.
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He [A] sent his man [Em] down through the town, To the place where she [Am] was _ _ dwellin',
O Haston, [Bm] come to [Am] my master [Em] dear, G'n'ye be [Am] Barbara _ [E] Allen.
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_ _ _ _ Holy, holy, [G] rose she up [Am] to the place where he was _ lyin',
[C] And when [G] she drew [Am] the curtain [Em] by, [F] [Am] Young man, I think you're _ _ dyin'.
_ _ O it's I am sick, [G] I'm very, very sick, [Am] And it's all for Barbara _ Allen.
[C] O the [Em] better for me, [Am] you see, [Em] never [F] be, Though your [Am] heart's blood be _ _ _ _ spillin'. _ _ _
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Remember ye [G] not in the tavern, sir, [Am] When ye the cops were _ fillin'?
[C] How ye made [G] the health [Am] be round [Em] and [F] round, [Am] And slighted Barbara _ Allen.
_ _ _ He turned his face [G] unto the wall, [Am] And death was with him _ [C] dealin'.
Adieu, [G] adieu, my [Am] dear [Em] friends [F] all, [Am] Be kind to Barbara _ Allen. _
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_ Then [F] holy, [G] holy, [Dm] rose she up, [F] And [G] slowly, [Am] slowly left him,
[C] And science [G] said [Am] she could not [Em] stay, [F] [Am] Since death all life had left him. _ _
_ She had [F] niggled a [G] mile or [Dm] two, When [F] she heard the [G] deed bell [Am] ring,
_ [C] And [G] every child [Am] that the deed bell [Em] gie, [F] [Am] Cried we to Barbara _ Allen. _ _ _
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O mother, [E] mother, make my bed, O make it fast and narrow,
Since my love died for me today, I die for him _ tomorrow.
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