Eli The Barrowboy chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

Eli the Barrowboy
The Decemberists

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

 A minorAm            C majorC
Eli the Barrowboy of the old town
 A minorAm               C majorC     G+G      A minorAm
Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out all down the day
 A minorAm            C majorC
Below the tamarac(?) she is crying
 A minorAm               C majorC    G+G      A minorAm
Corncobs and candlewax for the buying, 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 silver radiant 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

C majorC - G+G - A minorAm (2x)

 A minorAm             C majorC
Eli the barrowboy when they found him
 A minorAm               C majorC       G+G       A minorAm
Dressed all in courdoroy he had drowned in the river down the way
 A minorAm              C majorC
They laid his body down in a churchyard
 A minorAm                   C majorC      G+G       A minorAm
But still when the moon is out with his pushcart, 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 silver radiant thread
 FF                   C majorC
But I am dead and gone and lying in a churchground
 G+G               A minorAm
Still I push my barrow all the day
 G+G               A minorAm
Still I push my barrow all the day

Guaranteed not quite right
Marble River