John Barleycorn Must Die chords by Traffic
Guitar chords with lyrics
I've included two versions of the song. I'm not sure how different, if at all, they are. Hope this helps. aqualung ~From: kking@cs.uah.edu (Ken King) greetings: someone asked for john barleycorn must die (as done by traffic), so here it is (my first contribution :). i don't yet have the tab for it (just not that good at tabbing in real time, so i haven't tried to figure it out), so if anyone out there wants to give it a shot....
rhythm follows as below, strum to suit yourself.
2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
2 1
~title: john barleycorn must die, as done by traffic no capo
intro: same as the first line (twice?) w/ some finger stuff (tab is
tbd)
A Em G D Em (tab 1 - ->)
there were three ...
A G D Em (tab 2 - ->)
their for- tunes ...
A Em G D Em (tab 1 - ->)
and these three men ...
A G D Em (tab 2 - ->)
john barley- corn ....
G D Em (no tab - ->)
they've plowed they've sewn...
G A B(4) (sync. strum to end) B B4
B B4 B
threw clods up- on ....
A Em G D Em (tab 1 - ->)
and these three men ...
A G D Em (tab 2 - ->)
john barley- corn ...
(use intro tab (w/ flute :) for between verses filler)
comments on the chords: B(4) is Bsus4 (224452) and i play the B as an
A two frets up (224442). the strumming pattern for the B chords is a
syncopated pattern. listen to the song, it's easy to play...
the rest of the verses follow the same pattern, and i don't have the
rest of the words (or the song to transcribe from) with me. :(
comments? please feel free to correct anything i botched and provide
~From: almanb@sr.hp.com (Bob Alman)
John Barleycorn (Traffic version)
capo 7th fret (chords relative)
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
There were three men came ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
Their fortunes ...
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And these ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
John Barleycorn ...
C Am Am7 Am
They've plowed, ...
C D Esus4 E Esus4 E
Threw clods ...
Dm Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And these three men ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
John ...
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
They let him lie ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
Till the rains from ...
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And little Sir John ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
And so amazed ...
C Am Am7 Am
They let him ....
C D Esus4 E Esus4 E
'til he looked both ....
Dm Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And little Sir John's ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
And so become .....
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
They've hired men with ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
To cut him off ...
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
They rolled him and ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
Serving him most ....
C Am Am7 Am
They've hired men with ...
C D Esus4 E Esus4 E
Who pricked him to ....
Dm Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And the loader he has ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
For he's bound ...
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
They've wheeled him around ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
'til they came ...
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And there they ...
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
On poor John B...
C Am Am7 Am
They've hired men ...
C D Esus4 E Esus4 E
to cut him skin ...
Dm Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And the miller he has ..
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
For he's ground him ....
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D C G Am A5 Am A5
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And little Sir John and ....
D C Am G Am A5 Am A5
And he's brandy ...
D Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And little Sir John and ...
D Am G Am A5 Am A5
Proved the stronges...
C Am Am7 Am
The huntsman, he ...
C D Esus4 E Esus4 E
Nor so loudly ...
Dm Am C G Am A5 Am A5
And the Tinker he can't .....
D Am G A5
Without a .....
CHORDS:
EADGBE
Esus4 O222OO
A5 OO22OO or Asus2
Am7 OO2O1O Last updated:
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