{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":190066,"song":"John Barbour","artist":"Great Big Sea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11218043-john-barbour-chords-by-great-big-sea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/190066?type=chord","rating":4.53119,"votes":6,"content":"John Barbour\r\nby Great Big Sea\r\ncapo on 3\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              \r\nWhat ails you my daughter dear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        \r\nyour eyes are so dim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nhave you had any sore sickness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nor yet been sleeping with a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   \r\nI have not had any sore sickness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      \r\nbut I know what's ailing me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI thinking of my own true love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe plows the raging sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe plows the raging sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        \r\nbe he a lord or a duke or a knight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nor a man of wealth of fame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nor is he one of my sailor lads[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\ncome tell me now his name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe is no lord or a duke or knight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nor a man of wealth and fame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe is one of your sailor lads[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand john barbour is his name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nnow if John Barbour is his name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\na lowly sailor man is he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand if John Barbor is his name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthen hanged he will be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthan hanged he will be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nthe king he calls his sailors all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nby one by two by three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJohn Barbour was the first he called [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut the last came was he[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen he came a trippin down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe was clothed in all in white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhis hair were like the roses red[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand his teeth were ivory brite[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nhe paid their wages with a smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nwhen John Barbour he did see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nif i was a woman if I were a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthen bedfellows we would be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwill you marry my daughter Jane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nand take her by the hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwill you come and dine with me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntake charge of all my land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI will marry your daughter Jane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand I'll take her by the hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI will come and dine with you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut to hell with all your lands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nif you can give her one gold piece[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                        \r\nthen I can give her three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfor I am bold John Barbour[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I plow the raging sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI plow the raging sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI plow the raging sea[/tab]","plain_text":"John Barbour\nby Great Big Sea\ncapo on 3","chords":["G","C","Am","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}