{"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":1477223,"song":"Barbara Allen","artist":"Billie Joe Armstrong","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11267389-barbara-allen-chords-by-billie-joe-armstrong/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1477223?type=chord","rating":4.75774,"votes":17,"content":"Intro:\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nT'was in the merry month of May[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen flowers were a-bloomin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSweet Willie on his deathbed lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the love of Barbara Allen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe sent his servant to the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe town where she did dwell in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaying \"Master dear has sent me here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf your name is Barbara Allen\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen slowly, slowly she got up[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd slowly she went to him[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd all she said when she got there[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Young man, I think you're dying\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh don't you remember the other day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen we were in the tavern?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou drank your health to the ladies there[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd you slighted Barbara Allen\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe turned his face unto the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe turned his back upon her[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"So long farewell to all my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBe kind to Barbara Allen\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe looked to the east, she looked to the west[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe saw his corpse a-comin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh sit him down for me\" she cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"That I may gaze upon him\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe more she looked the more she grieved[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe bursted out to cryin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSayin' \"Pick me up and carry me home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor I feel like I am dyin'\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey buried Willie in the old churchyard[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd Barbara in the new one[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom Willie's grave there grew a rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom Barbara's a green briar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey grew and grew to the old church wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd could not grow no higher[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there they died in a true love-knot[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe rosebush and the briar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nEnd\r","plain_text":"Intro:\nBb F C F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBb F C F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBb F C F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBb F C F\n\n\nEnd","chords":["Bb","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}