May i sleep in your barn Chords

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[Verse 1]
One [G]night it was dark and it was storming
when along came a tramp in the rain
He was making [C]his way to some station
to catch a long distance train

[Verse 2]
May I [C]sleep in your barn Mister it is
cold lying out [F]on the [G]ground
And the [C]cold north wind is [F]whistling
and [G]I have no place to lie d[C]own
Now I have no tobacco [G]nor [C]matches and
I'm sure I can cause you no [G]harm
I will [C]tell you my story kind [F]Mister for it
[G]runs through my heart like a storm
[C]

[Verse 3]
It was three years ago just [G]last [C]summer
I shall never forget that sad [G]day
When a [C]stranger came out from the [F]city
and [G]said that he wanted to [C]stay
Now the stranger was fair tall and handsome
and he looked like a man who [G]had wealth
And he [C]wanted to stay in [F]the country said
[G]he wanted to stop for his health
[C]

[Verse 4]
[G]One [C]night as I came from my workshop
I was whistling and singing with [G]joy
I ex[C]pected a kind hearty [F]welcome from
my [G]sweet loving wife and my [C]boy
But what did I find but a [G]let[C]ter it was
placed in my room on the [G]stand
And the mo[C]ment my eyes fell upon
[F]it I pic[G]ked it right up in my hand
[C]

[Verse 5]
Now this note said my wife and [G]the stranger
[C]had left and had taken my son[G]
Oh I [C]wonder if God up in [F]heaven only
[G]knows what this stranger has [C]done
May I sleep in your [G]barn [C]Mister it
is cold lying out on the [G]ground
And the [C]cold north wind is a [F]whistling
and I [G]have no place to lie down
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