Eli The Barrowboy chords by The Decemberists

Eli the Barrowboy
The Decemberists

Capo on 4th fret, play chord shapes as indicated.

 Am                       C
Eli the Barrowboy of the old town
 Am                              C         G           Am
Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out all down the day
 Am                        C
Below the tamarac(?) she is crying
 Am                             C       G           Am
Corncobs and candlewax for the buying, all down the day
 F                                     C
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
 F                               Am
Made of gold and silver radiant thread
     F                                   C
But she is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove
 G                                Am
And I must push my barrow all the day
 G                                Am
And I must push my barrow all the day

C - G - Am (2x)

 Am                          C
Eli the barrowboy when they found him
 Am                              C              G             Am
Dressed all in courdoroy he had drowned in the river down the way
 Am                           C
They laid his body down in a churchyard
 Am                                      C            G             Am
But still when the moon is out with his pushcart, he calls down the day
 F                                     C
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown
 F                               Am
Made of gold and silver radiant thread
 F                                     C
But I am dead and gone and lying in a churchground
 G                             Am
Still I push my barrow all the day
 G                             Am
Still I push my barrow all the day

Guaranteed not quite right
Marble River