John Barleycorn chords by Traditional

John Barleycorn
    Capo 3
    Am7    OO2O1O
    Asus2  OO22OO
    Esus4  O222OO

    D   C   G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x2

           D         Am        C  G       Am Asus2   Am Asus2
    There were three men came out of the west
          D     C   Am G   Am Asus2     Am Asus2
    Their fortunes for to try
          D          Am        C  G   Am Asus2   Am Asus2
    And these three men made a solemn vow
         D  C  Am    G   Am Asus2     Am Asus2
    John Barleycorn must die
    C                                  Am       Am7  Am
    They've plowed,they've sown,the've harrowed him in
           C     D       Esus4  E Esus4 E
    Threw clods upon his head
        Dm          Am         C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And these three men were satisfied
         D  C  Am    G   Am Asus2   Am Asus2
    John Barleycorn was dead

    D   C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 2

           D     Am        C     G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    They let him lie for a very long time
               D    C    Am     G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    Till the rains from heaven did fall
          D          Am        C  G    Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And little Sir John sprung up his head
         D  C  Am  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And so amazed them all
    C                        Am  Am7     Am
    They let him stand 'til mid summer's day
             C         D        Esus4 E Esus4 E
    'til he looked both pale and worn
         Dm          Am            C     G   Am Asus2 Am Asus
     And little Sir John's grown a long, long beard
         D  C Am  G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And so become a man

    D   C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 4

            D     Am        C      G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    They've hired men with scythes so sharp
           D   C   Am  G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    To cut him off at the knee
          D              Am      C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    They rolled him and tied him by the waist
            D    C   Am G    Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    Serving him most barbarously
    C                       Am    Am7   Am
    They've hired men with sharp pitch forks
           C     D        Esus4 E Esus4 E
    Who pricked him to the heart
            Dm            Am         C       G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And the loader he has served him worse than that
              D     C  Am  G   Am Asus2   Am Asus2
    For he's bound him to the cart

    D   C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 4

             D             Am        C    G     Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    They've wheeled him around and around in the field
               D   C Am G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    'til they came onto a barn
         D          Am     C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And there they made a solemn oath
         D   C    Am G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    On poor John Barleycorn
    C                            Am  Am7   Am
    They've hired men with the crab tree sticks
        C       D        Esus4 E Esus4 E
    to cut him skin from bone
            Dm             Am         C      G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And the miller he has served him worse than that
                D       C    Am  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    For he's ground him between two stones

    D   C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 4

         D         Am           C  G      Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl
            D    C  Am  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And he's brandy in the glass
          D          Am          C  G      Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl
         D           Am   G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    Proved the strongest man at last
    C                       Am  Am7   Am
    The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox
           C      D        Esus4 E Esus4 E
    Nor so loudly blow his horn
            Dm        Am         C       G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
    And the Tinker he can't mend kettle nor pots
            D        Am  G   Asus2