{"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":1757126,"song":"John Barleycorn Must Die","artist":"Steve Winwood","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11380511-john-barleycorn-must-die-chords-by-steve-winwood/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1757126?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":185,"content":"Tempo:      4/4\r\nMethod:     Arpeggiated and lightly strummed\r\nTuning:     Standard w/Capo 7\r\nChords:     EADGBe\r\nD:          XX0232\r\nAm:         X02210\r\nC:          X32010\r\nC/E:        032010\r\nC/B:        022010\r\nG:          32000X  (omitting the e string)\r\nAsus2:      X02200\r\nEsus4:      022200  (formed by depressing 1st on A with 2nd finger on D&G)\r\nE7:         020100\r\nB7sus4:     020200\r\n[Intro]\r\nAsus2 (arpeggiated strum down and up)\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere were three men came out of the west,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nTheir 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]\r\nAnd these three men made a solemn oath,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nJohn Barleycorn must die.[/tab]\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey've ploughed, they've sewn, they've harrowed him in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E7sus4[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThrew 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]\r\nAnd these three men made a solemn oath,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nJohn Barleycorn was dead.[/tab]\r\n[Instrumental 1]\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey've let him lie for a very long time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill 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]\r\nAnd little Sir John sprung up his head,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand so amazed them all.[/tab]\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/E[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey've let him stand till Midsummer's Day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E7sus4[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTill he looked both pale and wan.[/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]\r\nAnd these three men made a solemn oath,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn poor John Barleycorn.[/tab]\r\n[Instrumental 2]\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey've hired men with the scythes so sharp,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo 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]\r\nThey've rolled him and tied him by the waist,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nServing him most barbarously.[/tab]\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey've hired men with the sharp pitchforks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E7sus4[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWho 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]\r\nAnd the loader he has served him worse than that,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor he's bound him to the cart.[/tab]\r\n[Instrumental 3]\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey've wheeled him around and around the field,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill they came unto 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]\r\nAnd there they made a solemn oath,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn poor John Barleycorn.[/tab]\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey've hired men with the crab tree sticks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E7sus4[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTo 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]\r\nAnd the miller he has served him worse than that,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor he's ground him between two stones.[/tab]\r\n[Instrumental 4]\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|(Mmm oooh)\r\n|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch]|(Who oooh)\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd little Sir John and the nut brown bowl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd 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]\r\nAnd little Sir John and the nut brown bowl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nProved the strongest man at last.[/tab]\r\n[Chorus 5 & Coda]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe huntsman, he can't hunt the fox,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E7sus4[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNor so loudly to 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]\r\nAnd the tinker he can't mend kettle nor pots,[/tab]\r\n    D            C  G  Am  (Slowed tempo, arpeggio and fade, on last line)\r\nwas released forty five years ago in July, 1970.","plain_text":"Tempo:      4/4\nMethod:     Arpeggiated and lightly strummed\nTuning:     Standard w/Capo 7\nChords:     EADGBe\nD:          XX0232\nAm:         X02210\nC:          X32010\nC/E:        032010\nC/B:        022010\nG:          32000X  (omitting the e string)\nAsus2:      X02200\nEsus4:      022200  (formed by depressing 1st on A with 2nd finger on D&G)\nE7:         020100\nB7sus4:     020200\n[Intro]\nAsus2 (arpeggiated strum down and up)\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental 1]\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental 2]\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental 3]\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental 4]\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|(Mmm oooh)\n|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|(Who oooh)\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 5 & Coda]\n\n\n\n    D            C  G  Am  (Slowed tempo, arpeggio and fade, on last line)\nwas released forty five years ago in July, 1970.","chords":["D","Am","C","C/E","C/B","G","Asus2","Esus4","A","E7","E7sus4","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"E7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,2,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}