Barleycorn chords by Johnny Flynn

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
      Am
Spake John Barleycorn, "In my heart is a valley

The meek should be exalted
       E
I will walk through this valley

My steps seem to falter
      Am
In my heart is a valley

The meek should be exalted
E
I will walk through this valley

My steps seem to falter"

Hook:
     F    C         F      Am
Halleluuu-jah, hallelu-u-u-jah

Verse 2:
Am
Men from the west came, money on their mind
        E
For the blood of Sir John, they would murder his kind
Am
Men from the west came, money on their mind
        E
For the blood of Sir John, they would murder his kind

Hook:
     F    C         F      Am
Halleluuu-jah, hallelu-u-u-jah
C     E   Am
Ah ah ah, ah

Ah ah
C     E   Am
Ah ah ah, ah

Ah ah

Verse 3:
Am
Listen, you've got to fell 'im

John Barleycorn is ours now
          E
There's a tale in the telling

John Barleycorn must die now
Am
You've got to fell 'im

John Barleycorn is ours now
          E
There's a tale in the telling

John Barleycorn must die now

     F    C         F      Am
Halleluuu-jah, hallelu-u-u-jah
C     E   Am
Ah ah ah, ah

Ah ah
C     E  Am E  F     C     E  Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Hook:
     F    C         F      Am
Halleluuu-jah, hallelu-u-u-jah

Verse 4:
Am
The season to destroy you

Comes year after year
         E
It's the same darn machine

Taking ear after ear
Am
The season to destroy you

Comes year after year
         E
It's the same darn machine

Taking ear after ear

Hook:
     F    C         F      Am
Halleluuu-jah, hallelu-u-u-jah
C     E   Am
Ah ah ah, ah

Ah ah
C     E  Am E  F     C     E  Am
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Outro:
      Am
In my heart is a valley

The meek should be exalted
E
I will walk through this valley

My steps seem to falter
      Am
In my heart is a valley

The meek should be exalted
E
I will walk through this valley

My steps seem to falter