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
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic