John Barleycorn chords by Traditional

John Barleycorn
  Capo 3
  Am7  OO2O1O
  Asus2 OO22OO
  Esus4 O222OO

  D  C  G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x2

      D     Am    C G    Am Asus2  Am Asus2
  There were three men came out of the west
     D   C  Am G  Am Asus2   Am Asus2
  Their fortunes for to try
     D     Am    C G  Am Asus2  Am Asus2
  And these three men made a solemn vow
     D C Am  G  Am Asus2   Am Asus2
  John Barleycorn must die
  C                 Am    Am7 Am
  They've plowed,they've sown,the've harrowed him in
      C   D    Esus4 E Esus4 E
  Threw clods upon his head
    Dm     Am     C G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And these three men were satisfied
     D C Am  G  Am Asus2  Am Asus2
  John Barleycorn was dead

  D  C G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 2

      D   Am    C   G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  They let him lie for a very long time
        D  C  Am   G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  Till the rains from heaven did fall
     D     Am    C G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And little Sir John sprung up his head
     D C Am G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And so amazed them all
  C            Am Am7   Am
  They let him stand 'til mid summer's day
       C     D    Esus4 E Esus4 E
  'til he looked both pale and worn
     Dm     Am      C   G  Am Asus2 Am Asus
   And little Sir John's grown a long, long beard
     D C Am G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And so become a man

  D  C G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 4

      D   Am    C   G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  They've hired men with scythes so sharp
      D  C  Am G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  To cut him off at the knee
     D       Am   C G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  They rolled him and tied him by the waist
      D  C  Am G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  Serving him most barbarously
  C            Am  Am7  Am
  They've hired men with sharp pitch forks
      C   D    Esus4 E Esus4 E
  Who pricked him to the heart
      Dm      Am     C    G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And the loader he has served him worse than that
       D   C Am G  Am Asus2  Am Asus2
  For he's bound him to the cart

  D  C G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 4

       D       Am    C  G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  They've wheeled him around and around in the field
        D  C Am G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  'til they came onto a barn
     D     Am   C G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And there they made a solemn oath
     D  C  Am G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  On poor John Barleycorn
  C              Am Am7  Am
  They've hired men with the crab tree sticks
    C    D    Esus4 E Esus4 E
  to cut him skin from bone
      Dm       Am     C   G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And the miller he has served him worse than that
        D    C  Am G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  For he's ground him between two stones

  D  C G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2 x 4

     D     Am      C G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl
      D  C Am G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And he's brandy in the glass
     D     Am     C G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl
     D      Am  G Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  Proved the strongest man at last
  C            Am Am7  Am
  The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox
      C   D    Esus4 E Esus4 E
  Nor so loudly blow his horn
      Dm    Am     C    G  Am Asus2 Am Asus2
  And the Tinker he can't mend kettle nor pots
      D    Am G  Asus2