{"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":2244233,"song":"John Barleycorn","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11472719-john-barleycorn-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2244233?type=chord","rating":4.71335,"votes":7,"content":"[Intro]\r\nN.C.\r\nThere were three men came from the west\r\nN.C.\r\nTheir fortunes for to tell\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd the life of John Barleycorn as well\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey laid him in three furrows deep[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLaid clods upon his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen these three man made a solemn vow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJohn Barleycorn was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohn Barleycorn was dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe let him die for a very long time[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill the rain from heaven did fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen little Sir John sprang up his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he did amaze them all[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe did amaze them all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they let him stand till the midsummer day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill he looked both pale and wan[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen little Sir John, he grew a long beard[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he so became a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe so became a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSing fa, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey have hired men with the scythes so sharp[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo cut him off at the knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they rolled him and tied him around the waist[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey served him barbarously[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey have served him barbarously[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSing fa, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSinging fa, la, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they have hired men with the crab-tree sticks[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo cut him skin from bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the miller he has served him worse than that[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe ground him between two stones[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe ground him between two stones[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSing fa, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSinging fa, la, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they have wheeled him here, and they've wheeled him there[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey've wheeled him to a barn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they have a-served him a-worse than that[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey've bunged him in a vat[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey've a-bunged him in a vat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSing fa, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSinging fa, la, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, they have worked their will on John Barleycorn[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he lived to tell the tale[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor they pour him out of an old brown jug[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they call him homebrewed ale[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey call him homebrewed ale[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSing fa, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSinging fa, la, la, la, lay, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nN.C.\nThere were three men came from the west\nN.C.\nTheir fortunes for to tell\nN.C.\nAnd the life of John Barleycorn as well\n\n[Instrumental]\nD  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG   D   G   C G C  D  G\nG  D   G   D  G  D  G","chords":["C","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}