Barbara Allen chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

"Barbara Allen" Traditional Folk

Verse 1:

C
In Scarlet town, where I was born
             F      G
There was a fair maid dwelling
F                  C G/B Am
Made every youth cry well away
    C        G           C
For her name was Barbara Allen

Verse 2:

C
Twas in the merry month of May
                F           G
The green buds were a swelling
F                    C  G/B  Am
Sweet William on his deathbed lay
     C        G         C
For the love of Barbara Allen


Verse 3:

C
He sent his servant to the town
                    F           G
To the place where she was dwelling
F                        C  G/B   Am
Saying you must come to my master dear
     C         G        C
If your name be Barbara Allen


Verse 4:

C
So slowly slowly she got up
               F         G
And slowly she drew nigh him
F                   C  G/B  Am
And the only words to him did say
    C       G         C
"Young man I think your dying."


Verse 5:

C
He turned his face unto the wall
              F        G
And death was in him welling
F                    C  G/B   Am
Good-bye Good-bye to my friends all
     C       G     C
Be good to Barbara Allen


Verse 6:

C
As she was walking oer the fields
                F           G
Ahe heard the death bell knelling
F                   C  G/B  Am
and every stroke it seemed to say
    C        G       C
Hardhearted Barbara Allen


Verse 7:

C
Oh Mother mother make my bed
            F       G
Make it long and narrow
F                     C  G/B  Am
Sweet William died of love for me
    C     G       C
And I will die of sorrow


Verse 8:

C
And Father, Father dig my grave
          F       G
Dig it long and narrow
F                     C  G/B  Am
Sweet William died on yesterday
     C      G     C
And I will die tomorrow


Verse 9:

C
They buried her in the old churchyard
            F          G
They buried William beside her
 F                        C  G/B  Am
And From his heart grew a red red rose
     C        G          C
From Barbara Allens grew a briar


Verse 10:

C
They grew and grew to the old churchyard
            F            G
Till they could grow no higher
F                            C  G/B  Am
And there they twined in a true love's knot
  C           G           C
And the rose grew round the briar