John Barleycorn Must Die (acoustic)

	  		 
 


Intro: 
Asus2 (arpeggiated down and up) 
|D C G Am-Asus2 Am-Asus2| 
|D C G Am-Asus2 Am-Asus2| 


verse 1: 
D                Am       C   G      Am 
There were three men came out of the west, 
D     C        G      Am-Asus2 Am-Asus2 
Their fortunes for to try. 
D               Am  C      G      Am-Asus2-Am 
And these three men made a solemn oath, 
D          C    G    Am-Asus2 Am-Asus2 
John Barleycorn must die. 


 
C                 G                     Am 
They've ploughed, they've sewn, they've harrowed him in, 
      C       D      Esus4-E 
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. 



Instrumental 1: 
|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 


verse 2: 
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. 
D              Am   C      G      Am-Asus2-Am 
And little Sir John sprung up his head, 
D      C      G    Am-Asus2-Am 
and so amazed them all. 



C               G             Am 
They've let him stand till Midsummer's Day, 
     C              D        Esus4-E 
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. 



Instrumental 2: 
|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| 


verse 3: 
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. 
D                      Am       C  G   Am-Asus2-Am 
They've rolled him and tied him by the waist, 
D                C  G     Am-Asus2-Am 
Serving him most barbarously. 


 
C                 G        Am 
They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks, 
    C           D      Esus4-E 
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. 



Instrumental 3: 
|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| 


verse 4: 
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. 



C                 G        Am 
They've hired men with the crab-tree sticks, 
    C           D    Esus4-E 
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. 



Instrumental 4: 
|D C G Am-Asus2 Am-Asus2| 
|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) 


VERSE 5: 
D                   Am      C   G     Am 
And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl, 
    C           D    Esus4-E 
And heâ??s brandy in the glass. 
D                   Am      C   G     Am-Asus2-Am 
And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl, 
D                C   G      Am-Asus2-Am 
Proved the strongest man at last. 



C                      G        Am 
The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox, 
    C            D        Esus4-E 
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  (Slowed tempo, arpeggio and fade, on last line) 
Without a little Barleycorn.