[Intro]
Asus2  
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2| 
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[Strophe]
      D          Am       C   G      Am 
There were three men came out of the west, 
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Their fortunes for to try. 
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And these three men made a solemn oath, 
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John Barleycorn must die.
[Refrain]
        C                               Am 
They've ploughed, they've sewn, they've harrowed him in, 
      C      D       Esus4    E7  E7sus4 E7 
Threw clods upon his head. 
    Dm          Am         C  G   Am Asus2 Am 
And these three men made a solemn oath, 
     D     C    G   Am Asus2 Am Asus2 
John Barleycorn was dead.
[Instrumentale]
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2| 
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2| 
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2| 
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|
[Strophe]
        D       Am        C    G    Am 
They've let him lie for a very long time, 
         D          C      G     Am Asus2 Am 
Till the rains from heaven did fall. 
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And little Sir John sprung up his head, 
    D    C    G    Am Asus2 Am 
and so amazed them all.
[Refrain]
      C         C/E   C/B  Am 
They've let him stand till Midsummer's Day, 
        C           D        Esus4    E7  E7sus4 E7 
Till he looked both pale and wan. 
    Dm          Am          C  G  Am Asus2 Am 
And these three men made a solemn oath, 
   D         C  G   Am Asus2 Am 
On poor John Barleycorn.
[Instrumentale]
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2| 
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2| 
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2| 
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[Strophe]
        D     Am           C       G  Am 
They've hired men with the scythes so sharp, 
   D           C  G   Am Asus2 Am 
To cut him off at the knee. 
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They've rolled him and tied him by the waist, 
       D         C  G     Am Asus2 Am 
Serving him most barbarously.
[Refrain]
       C      C  C/B       Am 
They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks, 
    C           D      Esus4    E7  E7sus4 E7 
Who pricked him to the heart. 
       Dm             Am         C     G    Am Asus2 Am 
And the loader he has served him worse than that, 
         D         C  G   Am Asus2 Am 
For he's bound him to the cart.
[Instrumentale]
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|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2| 
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[Strophe]
       D            Am         C      G   Am 
They've wheeled him around and around the field, 
          D    C   G  Am Asus2 Am 
Till they came unto a barn. 
    D         Am     C  G    Am Asus2 Am 
And there they made a solemn oath, 
   D         C  G  Am Asus2 Am 
On poor John Barleycorn.
[Refrain]
       C      C   C/B      Am 
They've hired men with the crab tree sticks, 
    C        D       Esus4    E7  E7sus4 E7 
To cut him skin from bone. 
       Dm             Am         C     G    Am Asus2 Am 
And the miller he has served him worse than that, 
        D             C     G   Am Asus2 Am 
For he's ground him between two stones.
[Instrumentale]
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|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2| 
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|(Mmm oooh) 
|D C G Am Asus2 Am Asus2|(Who oooh)
[Strophe]
     D          Am          C   G     Am 
And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl, 
         D      C   G  Am Asus2 Am 
And he’s brandy in the glass. 
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And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl, 
           D         C   G  Am Asus2 Am 
Proved the strongest man at last.
[Refrain]
    C         C   C/B  Am 
The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox, 
       C         D        Esus4    E7  E7sus4 E7 
Nor so loudly to blow his horn. 
       Dm          Am          C    G   Am Asus2 Am 
And the tinker he can't mend kettle nor pots, 
    D            C  G  Am 
Without a little Barleycorn.