Barbara Allen chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

"Barbara Allen" Traditional Folk

Verse 1:

C
In Scarlet town, where I was born
       F   G
There was a fair maid dwelling
F         C G/B Am
Made every youth cry well away
  C    G      C
For her name was Barbara Allen

Verse 2:

C
Twas in the merry month of May
        F      G
The green buds were a swelling
F          C G/B Am
Sweet William on his deathbed lay
   C    G     C
For the love of Barbara Allen


Verse 3:

C
He sent his servant to the town
          F      G
To the place where she was dwelling
F            C G/B  Am
Saying you must come to my master dear
   C     G    C
If your name be Barbara Allen


Verse 4:

C
So slowly slowly she got up
        F     G
And slowly she drew nigh him
F          C G/B Am
And the only words to him did say
  C    G     C
"Young man I think your dying."


Verse 5:

C
He turned his face unto the wall
       F    G
And death was in him welling
F          C G/B  Am
Good-bye Good-bye to my friends all
   C    G   C
Be good to Barbara Allen


Verse 6:

C
As she was walking oer the fields
        F      G
Ahe heard the death bell knelling
F          C G/B Am
and every stroke it seemed to say
  C    G    C
Hardhearted Barbara Allen


Verse 7:

C
Oh Mother mother make my bed
      F    G
Make it long and narrow
F           C G/B Am
Sweet William died of love for me
  C   G    C
And I will die of sorrow


Verse 8:

C
And Father, Father dig my grave
     F    G
Dig it long and narrow
F           C G/B Am
Sweet William died on yesterday
   C   G   C
And I will die tomorrow


Verse 9:

C
They buried her in the old churchyard
      F     G
They buried William beside her
 F            C G/B Am
And From his heart grew a red red rose
   C    G     C
From Barbara Allens grew a briar


Verse 10:

C
They grew and grew to the old churchyard
      F      G
Till they could grow no higher
F              C G/B Am
And there they twined in a true love's knot
 C      G      C
And the rose grew round the briar