#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# John Barleycorn (must die) chords Traffic (English Folksong) * A G D Em D Em D 2x A Em G D Em There were three men came out of the west, A G D Em their fortunes for to try A Em G D Em And these three men made a solemn vow: A G D Em John Barleycorn must die. G Em D Em They've ploughed, they've sewn, they've harrowed him in; G A Em threw clods at Barley's head A Em G D Em And these three men made a solemn vow: A G D Em John Barleycorn was dead. A G D Em D Em D 4x A Em G D Em They've let him lie for a very long time, A G D Em ‘till the rains from heaven did fall A Em G D Em And little Sir John sprung up his head, A G D Em and so amazed them all. G Em D Em They've let him stand ‘till midsummer's day, G A Em ‘till he looked both pale and worn A Em G D Em And little Sir John's grown a long, long beard, A G D Em and so become a man. A G D Em D Em D 4x A Em G D Em They've hired men with the scythes so sharp, A G D Em to cut him off at the knee A Em G D Em They've rolled him and tied him by the waist, A G D Em servin' him most barbarously. G Em D Em They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks, G A Em who pricked him to the heart A Em G D Em And the loader he has served him worse than that, A G D Em for he's bound him to the cart A G D Em D Em D 4x A Em G D Em They've wheeled him around and around the field, A G D Em ‘till they came unto a barn A Em G D Em And there they made a solemn oath, A G D Em on poor John Barleycorn. G Em D Em They've hired men with the crab-tree sticks, G A Em to cut him skin from bone A Em G D Em And the miller he has served him worse than that, A G D Em for he's ground him between two stones. A G D Em D Em D 4x A Em G D Em And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl, A G D Em and he's brandy in the glass A Em G D Em And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl, A G D Em proved the strongest man at last. G Em D Em The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox, G A Em nor so loudly to blow his horn A Em G D Em And the tinker he can't mend kettle nor pots, A G D Em without a little Barleycorn * Alternate: Capo VII (probably the most correct) A = D Em = Am G = C D = G Capo II A = G Em = Dm G = F D = C set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/