John Barleycorn Traditional DM DM Dsus4 Dsus4 capo 4th fret (chords relative) DM DM CM CM GM GM Am Am Am Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am DM Am C G Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am There were three men came out of the west DM C Am G Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am Their for…tunes for to try DM Am C G Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am And these three men made a solemn vow DM CM Am GM Am Asus2 – Am John Bar…ley…corn must die CM Am They've plowed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in CM DM EM E7 Thrown clods upon his head Dm Am CM GM Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am Til these three men were sa…tis…fied DM CM Am GM Am Asus2 – Am John Bar…ley…corn was dead DM DM DM DM Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 DM DM DM DM CM CM CM CM GM GM GM GM Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am DM Am CM GM Am They’ve let him lie for a very long time Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am Asus2 - Am DM CM Am GM Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am ’til the rains from heaven did fall DM Am CM GM Am Asus2 – Am And little Sir John he sprung up his head DM CM Am GM Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am And so a…..mazed them all CM Am They’ve let him stand 'til mid summer's day CM DM EM E7 'til he looked both pale and wan Dm Am CM GM Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am But little Sir John's grown a long, long beard DM CM Am GM Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am And so be….come a man DM DM DM DM Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 DM DM DM DM CM CM CM CM GM GM GM GM Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am Asus2 - Am DM Am CM G Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 – Am They've hired men with the scythes so sharp DM CM Am G Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am To cut him off at the knee DM Am C G Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 – Am They’ve rolled him and tied him about the waist DM CM Am G Am Asus2 – Am Serving him most bar….barously CM Am They've hired men with sharp pitch forks CM DM EM E7 To prick him to the heart... Dm Am CM GM Am Asus2 – Am And the loader has served him worse than that DM CM Am G Am Asus2 – Am For he's bound him to the cart DM DM DM DM Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 DM DM DM DM CM CM CM CM GM GM GM GM Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am Asus2 - Am DM Am CM G Am Asus2 – Am They've wheeled him around and around in the field DM CM Am G Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 - Am 'til they came un…to a barn DM Am C G Am Asus2 – Am Asus2 – Am And there they made a solemn oath DM CM Am G Am Asus2 – Am Concerning John Bar…ley…corn CM Am They've hired men with the crab tree sticks CM DM EM E7 to cut him skin from bone Dm Am CM GM Am Asus2 – Am And the miller he has served him worse than that DM DM CM Am G Am Asus2 – Am For he's ground him be….tween two stones DM DM DM DM Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 DM DM DM DM CM CM CM CM GM GM GM GM Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am Asus2 - Am CM Am And there’s beer in the barrel CM DM EM E7 And brandy in the glass Dm Am CM GM Am Asus2 – Am But little Sir John in the nut brown bowl DM CM Am G Am Asus2 – Am Has proved the strongest man at last CM Am And the huntsman, he can't hunt the fox CM DM EM E7 Nor so loudly blow his horn Dm Am CM GM Am And the Tinker can mend neither kettle nor pots Dm Am G Am Without a little Bar…ley…corn DM DM DM DM Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 DM DM DM DM CM CM CM CM GM GM GM GM Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am GM Am Asus2 - Am Asus2 - Am