Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
John Barleycorn (must die) chords
Traffic (English Folksong) *
A augmentedA 
G+G 
D MajorD 
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD 2x
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
There were three men came out of the west,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
their fortunes for to try
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And these three men made a solemn vow:
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
John Barleycorn must die.
G+G E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
They've ploughed, they've sewn, they've harrowed him in;
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm
threw clods at Barley's head
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And these three men made a solemn vow:
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
John Barleycorn was dead.
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD 4x
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
They've let him lie for a very long time,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
'till the rains from heaven did fall
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And little Sir John sprung up his head,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
and so amazed them all.
G+G E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
They've let him stand 'till midsummer's day,
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm
'till he looked both pale and worn
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And little Sir John's grown a long, long beard,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
and so become a man.
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD 4x
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
They've hired men with the scythes so sharp,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
to cut him off at the knee
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
They've rolled him and tied him by the waist,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
servin' him most barbarously.
G+G E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks,
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm
who pricked him to the heart
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And the loader he has served him worse than that,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
for he's bound him to the cart
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD 4x
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
They've wheeled him around and around the field,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
'till they came unto a barn
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And there they made a solemn oath,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
on poor John Barleycorn.
G+G E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
They've hired men with the crab-tree sticks,
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm
to cut him skin from bone
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And the miller he has served him worse than that,
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm
for he's ground him between two stones.
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD 4x
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl,
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and he's brandy in the glass
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl,
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proved the strongest man at last.
G+G E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox,
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nor so loudly to blow his horn
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And the tinker he can't mend kettle nor pots,
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without a little Barleycorn
* Alternate:
Capo VII (probably the most correct)
A augmentedA = D MajorD
E minorEm = 
A minorAm
G+G = 
C majorC
D MajorD = G+G
Capo II
A augmentedA = G+G
E minorEm = 
DmDm
G+G = 
FF
D MajorD = C majorC
set8
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