Eli The Barrow Boy chords by The Decemberists

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


INTRO

   Am           Am     Then repeat if you want

e|----0------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
B|----1------------------------1--------------------------------------------|
G|----2--================>-----2--------------------------------------------|
D|----2------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
A|----0------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------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 Am , wherever you see fit

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

Am
Below the tamaracks
    C
He is crying:
Am
Corn cobs and candle wax
    C
for the buying
G      Am
All down the day


 F                   C
"Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
 F              Am
Made of gold and silk Arabian 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"


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


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


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





Thank You

Gabriel HP