Eli The Barrow Boy chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

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			ELI THE BARROW BOY - The Decemberists
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CAPO 3 (this is how they play it) - Key C minorCm with capo, move capo if is in wrong key for your voice


INTRO

   A minorAm           A minorAm     Then repeat if you want

e|----0------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
BB|----1------------------------1--------------------------------------------|
G+G|----2--================>-----2--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----2------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----0------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------0---3---------------------------------------------|
   Strum for first 3 beats then do second part, you can throw the second
part in before each verse or even before each A minorAm , wherever you see fit

A minorAm
Eli, the barrow boy
    C majorC
Of the old town
A minorAm
Sells coal and marigolds
    C majorC
As he cries out
 G+G      A minorAm
All down the day

A minorAm
Below the tamaracks
    C majorC
He is crying:
A minorAm
Corn cobs and candle wax
    C majorC
for the buying
G+G      A minorAm
All down the day


 FF                   C majorC
"Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
 FF              A minorAm
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
FF                   C majorC
But she is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove
  G+G              A minorAm
And I must push my barrow all the day
  G+G              A minorAm
And I must push my barrow all the day"

A minorAm
Eli, the barrow boy
 A minorAm
When they found him
A minorAm
Dressed all in corduroy
    C majorC
He had drowned in
 G+G        A minorAm
The river down the way


A minorAm
They laid his body down
   C majorC
in a churchyard
A minorAm
But still when the moon is out
     C majorC
With his push cart
 G+G        A minorAm
He calls down the day


 FF                   C majorC
"Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown
 FF              A minorAm
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
FF                   C majorC
But I am dead and gone and lying in a church ground
  G+G              A minorAm
And still I push my barrow all the day
 G+G               A minorAm
Still I push my barrow all the day"




Thank You

Gabriel HP