Barbara Allen chords by Shirley Collins

Chords with lyrics

Verse:

G minorGm             FF     D7D7
It was round and about last Martinmas tide
     G minorGm  FF      G minorGm
When the green leaves were swellin'
   G minorGm            FF    D7D7
That young Jimmy Grove of the West Country
    C minorCm        G minorGm
Fell in love with Barb'ry Allen

Chorus:

  Bb majorBb    FF    Bb/A G minorGm
He sent his men into the town
    Bb majorBb     FF    Eb MajorEb
To the place where she was dwellin'
  Bb majorBb    FF       Bb/A G minorGm
"Oh will you come to my master, dear,
    Bb majorBb   FF    G minorGm
If your name be Barb'ry Allen?"

Verse:

  G minorGm       FF    D7D7
And slowly, slowly got she up
  C minorCm       G minorGm
And slowly came she nigh him
  G minorGm        FF     D7D7
And all she said when there she came
    G minorGm   FF      G minorGm
"Young man, I think you're dyin'"

Chorus:

   Bb majorBb    FF     Bb majorBb Bb/A G minorGm
"Oh, yes, I'm sick, I'm very  sick
 Bb majorBb   FF     Eb MajorEb
Indeed I think I'm dyin'
   Bb majorBb    FF      Bb majorBb Bb/A G minorGm
But a word from you would revive me again
  Bb majorBb   D7D7   G minorGm
Oh lovely Barb'ry Allen"

Verse:

  G minorGm        FF     D7D7
"Do you recall, young man," she said,
     G minorGm    FF    G minorGm
"When the red wine you were spillin',
    G minorGm        FF     D7D7
How you made the ladies' health go round
    G minorGm    C minorCm   G minorGm
And you slighted Barb'ry Allen?"

Chorus:

  Bb majorBb    FF    Bb majorBb Bb/A G minorGm
And death is printed on his face
  Bb majorBb   FF    Eb MajorEb
And all his heart is stealin'
  Bb majorBb    FF      Bb majorBb  Bb/A G minorGm
And again he cried as she left his side
   Bb majorBb   FF    G minorGm
"Hard-hearted Barb'ry Allen!"

Verse:

  G minorGm      FF    D7D7
As she was goin' over the field
  G minorGm    FF      G minorGm
She heard the death bells tollin'
  G minorGm        FF     D7D7
And every sound that death bell gave:
   C minorCm       G minorGm
"Hard-hearted Barb'ry Allen!"

Chorus:

  Bb majorBb   FF   Bb majorBb  Bb/A G minorGm
"Oh mother, mother make my  bed
  Bb majorBb   FF    Eb MajorEb
Oh make it soft and narrow
   Bb majorBb  FF    Bb majorBb Bb/A G minorGm
Since Jimmy died for me to---day
   G minorGm   DmDm  G minorGm