{"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":1724204,"song":"John Barleycorn","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11366644-john-barleycorn-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1724204?type=chord","rating":4.75115,"votes":25,"content":"    John Barleycorn\r\n    Capo 3\r\n    Am7    OO2O1O\r\n    Asus2  OO22OO \r\n    Esus4  O222OO\r\n\r\n    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    There were three men came out of the west[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    Their fortunes for to try[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And these three men made a solemn vow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    John Barleycorn must die[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    They've plowed,they've sown,the've harrowed him in[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n    Threw clods upon his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And these three men were satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    John Barleycorn was dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] x 2\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    They let him lie for a very long time[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    Till the rains from heaven did fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And little Sir John sprung up his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And so amazed them all[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    They let him stand 'til mid summer's day[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n    'til he looked both pale and worn[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n     And little Sir John's grown a long, long beard[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And so become a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] x 4\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    They've hired men with scythes so sharp[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    To cut him off at the knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    They rolled him and tied him by the waist[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    Serving him most barbarously[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    They've hired men with sharp pitch forks[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n    Who pricked him to the heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And the loader he has served him worse than that[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    For he's bound him to the cart[/tab]\r\n\r\n    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] x 4\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    They've wheeled him around and around in the field[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    'til they came onto a barn[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And there they made a solemn oath[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    On poor John Barleycorn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    They've hired men with the crab tree sticks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n    to cut him skin from bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And the miller he has served him worse than that[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    For he's ground him between two stones[/tab]\r\n\r\n    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] x 4\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And he's brandy in the glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    Proved the strongest man at last[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n    Nor so loudly blow his horn[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    And the Tinker he can't mend kettle nor pots[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n    Without a little Barlycorn[/tab]","plain_text":"John Barleycorn\n    Capo 3\n    Am7    OO2O1O\n    Asus2  OO22OO \n    Esus4  O222OO\n\n    D   C   G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    D   C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    D   C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    D   C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    D   C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 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