John Barleycorn chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
N.C.
There were three men came from the west
N.C.
Their fortunes for to tell
N.C.
And the life of John Barleycorn as well

Instrumental:
D MajorD G+G

Verse:
G+G
They laid him in three furrows deep
   D MajorD
Laid clods upon his head
   G+G
Then these three man made a solemn vow
   C majorC   G+G    C majorC
John Barleycorn was dead
   D MajorD       G+G  D MajorD G+G
John Barleycorn was dead

Verse:
G+G
The let him die for a very long time
     D MajorD
Till the rain from heaven did fall
   G+G
Then little Sir John sprang up his head
    C majorC  G+G     C majorC
And he did amaze them all
  D MajorD       G+G  D MajorD G+G
He did amaze them all

Verse:
G+G
And they let him stand till the midsummer day
    D MajorD
Till he looked both pale and wan
   G+G
Then little Sir John, he grew a long beard
    C majorC  G+G   C majorC
And he so became a man
  D MajorD      G+G
He so became a man

Chorus:
        D MajorD
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
         G+G
Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh
G+G
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD G+G
Fa, la, la, la, lay, oh

Verse:
G+G
They have hired men with the scythes so sharp
  D MajorD
To cut him off at the knee
     G+G
And they rolled him and tied him around the waist
   C majorC     G+G    C majorC
They served him barbarously
     D MajorD          G+G
They have served him barbarously

Chorus:
        D MajorD
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
         G+G
Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh
G+G
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
    D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD G+G
Singing fa, la, la, la, lay, oh

Verse:
G+G
And they have hired men with the crab-tree sticks
  D MajorD
To cut him skin from bone
    G+G
And the miller he has served him worse than that
  C majorC      G+G     C majorC
He ground him between two stones
  D MajorD           G+G
He ground him between two stones

Chorus:
        D MajorD
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
         G+G
Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh
G+G
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
    D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD G+G
Singing fa, la, la, la, lay, oh

Verse:
G+G
And they have wheeled him here, and they've wheeled him there
    D MajorD
They've wheeled him to a barn
  G+G
And they have a-served him a-worse than that
    C majorC     G+G  C majorC
They've bunged him in a vat
     D MajorD        G+G
They've a-bunged him in a vat

Chorus:
        D MajorD
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
         G+G
Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh
G+G
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
    D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD G+G
Singing fa, la, la, la, lay, oh

Verse:
G+G
Well, they have worked their will on John Barleycorn
    D MajorD
But he lived to tell the tale
     G+G
For they pour him out of an old brown jug
     C majorC    G+G     C majorC
And they call him homebrewed ale
   D MajorD          G+G
They call him homebrewed ale

Chorus:
        D MajorD
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
         G+G
Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh
G+G
Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day
    D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD G+G
Singing fa, la, la, la, lay, oh

Outro:
G+G  D MajorD  G+G  C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G