John Barbour Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[G]What ails you, my daughter dear?
Your eyes, they look so dim,
Have you had any sore sickness,
Or yet been sleeping with a man?

[Verse 2]
No I [G]haven't had any sore sickness,
But I know what's ailing me,
I am thinking of my own true [C]love
[G]Who ploughs the raging sea.
[C]

[Verse 3]
[G]
[C]Is [G]he a [Am]Lord or a Duke or a [D]knight
Or a [C]man of [D]wealth and [G]fame?
Or is he one of our sailor [C]lads
Come [G]tell me now his [C]name.

[Verse 4]
He [G]is no [Am]Lord nor [C]Duke nor [D]knight
Nor [C]a man of [D]wealth or [G]fame.
He is one of your sailor [C]lads
John Bar[G]bour is his [C]name.

[Verse 5]
Now [G]if John [Am]Barbour [C]is his [D]name,
A lowly [C]sailor [D]man is [G]he,
If John Barbour is his [C]name,[G][C]
Then [G]hanged he shall [C]be.[G]

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][G][C][D]
[G][Am][D][G][C][D][G][C][G]
Then he [Am]called his sailors

[Verse 6]
[C]all[D]
By [C]one, by [D]two, by [G]three
John Barbour was the first he [C]called
But [G]the last came down was [C]he.

[Verse 7]
[C]When he [G]came [Am]a danci[C]ng down,[D]
He was [C]clothed [D]all in [G]white
His cheeks were like the roses [C]red
And [G]his teeth were ivory [C]bright.

[Verse 8]
He [C]paid [G]their [Am]wages [C]with a [D]smile
And to John [C]Barbour [D]he did [G]say
If I was a woman as I am [C]a man
My [G]bed fellow [C]you [G]would be.

[Verse 9]
[C]And will you[G] mar[Am]ry my
[C]daughter [D]Jane?
[C]And take her [D]by the hand
[G]And will you come and dine with [C]me
Take [G]charge of all my [C]lands.

[Verse 10]
Yes [G]I will m[Am]arry your d[C]aughter J[D]ane
And [C]take her [D]by the [G]hand
And I will come and dine with [C]you,
But to [G]hell with all your [C]land.

[Verse 11]
For if [G]you can [Am]give her [C]one gold [D]piece,
Then [C]I can g[D]ive her t[G]hree.
For they call me young
John Bar[C]bour
And I [G]plough the raging sea.

[Outro 1]
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[C][D][G][Am][Dsus4]
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