John Barleycorn Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Asus4][Am][Dsus4][D][Am][Asus4]
[Am]Oh there

[Verse 1]
[D]
were three men [Am]came out of the west
Their [G]fortunes [D]for [Asus4]to try,
And [D]these three [Am]men
made a solemn vow:
John [G]Barley[D]corn should [Am]die.
They ploughed, they [D]sowed,
[Am]they harrowed him in,
Throwed [D]clods [G]upo[D]n
[Asus4]his head.[Am][A]
Then [D]these three men [Am]made
a solemn vow:
John [G]Barley[D]corn was dead.

[Interlude 1]
[A][D]
[Am][A][Asus4][D]
[A]They

[Verse 2]
[D]let him lie [Am]for a very long time
Till the [G]rain from [Dm]heaven [D]did
[Asus4]fall.[G]
[Dsus4]Then little Sir John[Am] he
raised up his head
And [G]he soon [D]amazed them
[Asus4]all.[Am]
They let him [D]lie till [Am]the long midsummer
Till he [D]looked [G]both [D]pale and
[Asus4]wan.[A][Asus4]
Then [D]little Sir John [Am]growed a long,
long beard
An[G]d so be[D]came a man.

[Interlude 2]
[A][Asus4]
[Am][D][Em][Asus4][A]
[Am]They

[Verse 3]
[D]hired [Am]men with
the scythes so sharp
To [G]cut him off [D]down by
the [Asus4]knee.
They [D]rolled him and [Am]tied him
around by the waist,
Served [G]him most [D]barbar[A]ously.[Am]
They hired [D]men [Am]with
the sharp pitchforks
Who [G]pierced him to [D]the [Asus4]heart.[Am]
But the loader[D],
[Am]he served him far worse than that
For he [G]bound him [D]to the cart.

[Interlude 3]
[Asus4][A][D][Am][D][Asus4][Am][D]
[Am][D][Am]
[D][Am]
[D][Am][A][Am][G][Asus4][Am][D]
[Am][G][Dsus4][D][A]
[Am]They

[Verse 4]
[D]rode him [Am]around and around the field
Till they [G]came in[D]to a [Am]barn,
[Dsus4]And there[D] they made a sol[Am]emn mow[D]
Of poor John Barley[Am]corn.
They hired men with the crab- tree sticks
Who cut him skin from bone
[G]But [D]the miller[Am],
he served him far worse than that
For [G]he ground him [D]between two [A]stones.[Am]
[D][Am][Asus4][Dsus4][D]

[Verse 5]
[A]
[Am]Here's [Dm]little Sir [D]John [Am]in
the nut- brown bowl
And [G]brandy [D]in a [Am]glass.
And [Dm]little Sir [D]John [Am]in
the nut- brown bowl
Proved the stronger [D]man at [A]last.[Am]
For the hunter, [D]he [Am]can't hunt the fox
Nor so [G]loudly [D]blow his [A]horn,
[Am]And the [D]tinker,
he [Am]can't mend his kettles or his pots
Without a [G]little bit [D]of John Barley[Am]corn.
[A][Asus4]

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