John Barleycorn (must Die) chords by Traffic

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Capo on 7th

Arpeggiated and lightly strummed
Standard tuning w/Capo 7

Chords   EADGBe

Asus2:   X02200
Esus4:   022200
E7:     020100
E7sus4:   020200



[Intro]


D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2

[Verse 1]

   D     Am    C  G   Am
There were three men came out of the west,
   D     C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
Their fortunes for to try.
  D      Am     C G  Am Asus2 Am
And these three men made a solemn oath,
   D   C  G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
John Barleycorn must die.


[Chorus 1]

    C         C   C/B    Am
They`ve ploughed, they`ve sewn, they`ve harrowed him in,
   C   D    Esus4  E7 E7sus4 E7
Threw clods upon his head.
  Dm     Am     C G  Am Asus2 Am
And these three men made a solemn oath,
   D   C  G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
John Barleycorn was dead.


[Instrumental]

D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2


[Verse 2]

    D    Am    C  G  Am
They`ve let him lie for a very long time,
     D     C   G   Am Asus2 Am
Till the rains from heaven did fall.
  D     Am     C G  Am Asus2 Am
And little Sir John sprung up his head,
  D  C  G  Am Asus2 Am
and so amazed them all.


[Chorus 2]

   C      C  C/B Am
They`ve let him stand till Midsummer`s Day,
    C      D    Esus4  E7 E7sus4 E7
Till he looked both pale and wan.
  Dm     Am        C G  Am Asus2 Am
And little Sir John has grown a long long beard
  D   C G  Am Asus2 Am
And so become a man


[Instrumental]

D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2


[Verse]
    D   Am      C    G Am
They`ve hired men with the scythes so sharp,
  D      C G  Am Asus2 Am
To cut him off at the knee.
    D       Am    C G  Am Asus2 Am
They`ve rolled him and tied him by the waist,
    D     C G   Am Asus2 Am
Serving him most barbarously.


[Chorus]
    C   C C/B    Am
They`ve hired men with the sharp pitchforks,
  C      D   Esus4  E7 Esus4 E7
Who pricked him to the heart.
    Dm       Am     C   G  Am Asus2 Am
And the loader he has served him worse than that,
     D     C G  Am Asus2 Am
For he`s bound him to the cart.


[Instrumental]

D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2


[Verse]
    D      Am     C   G  Am
They`ve wheeled him around and around the field,
     D  C  G Am Asus2 Am
Till they came unto a pond.
  D     Am   C G  Am Asus2 Am
And there they made a solemn oath,
  D     C G Am Asus2 Am
On poor John Barleycorn.


[Chorus]
    C   C  C/B   Am
They`ve hired men with the crab-tree sticks,
  C    D    Esus4  E7 E7sus4 E7
To cut him skin from bone.
    Dm       Am     C   G  Am Asus2 Am
And the miller he has served him worse than that,
    D       C   G  Am Asus2 Am
For he`s ground him between two stones.


[Instrumental]

D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2


[Verse]
   D     Am     C  G   Am
And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl,
     D   C  G Am Asus2 Am
And he’s brandy in the glass.
  D     Am      C  G   Am Asus2 Am
And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl,
      D     C  G Am Asus2 Am
Proved the strongest man at last.


[Outro]
  C     C  C/B Am
The huntsman, he can`t hunt the fox,
    C     D    Esus4  E7 E7sus4 E7
Nor so loudly to blow his horn.
    Dm     Am     C  G  Am Asus2 Am
And the tinker he can`t mend kettle nor pots,
  D*      C* G* Am**
Without a little Barleycorn.

* = single strum

** = Am ends like this:

E |---------------------0---|
B |-------------1------1----|
G |---------2---------2-----|
D |-----2------------2------|
A |-0---------------0-------|
E |-------------------------|