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BARBARA ALLEN\r\nAs recorded by Joan Baez\r\n(From the 1961 Album JOAN BAEZ, VOL. 2)\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nCapo 4th fret\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nC<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n            G<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\nTwas in the merry month of May\r\n                F<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nWhen green buds all were swelling\r\n              F<\/span>      C<\/span>         Am<\/span>\r\nSweet William on his death bed lay\r\n      C<\/span>       G<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nFor a love of Barbara Allen\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n            G<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\nHe sent his servant to the town\r\n                   F<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nTo the place where she was dwelling\r\n                F<\/span>           C<\/span>      Am<\/span>\r\nSaying you must come, to my master dear\r\n        C<\/span>       G<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nIf your name be Barbara Allen\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n           G<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\nSo slowly, slowly she got up\r\n           F<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nAnd slowly she drew nigh him\r\n             F<\/span>        G<\/span>       Am<\/span>\r\nAnd the only words to him did say\r\n      C<\/span>     G7<\/span>           C<\/span>\r\nYoung man I think you're dying\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n              G<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\nHe turned his face unto the wall\r\n              F<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\nAnd death was in him welling\r\n          F               Am\r\nGood-bye, good-bye, to my friends all\r\n           G7      C\r\nBe good to Barbara Allen\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n            G                C\r\nWhen he was dead and laid in grave\r\n              F           C\r\nShe heard the death bells knelling\r\n          F                 Am\r\nAnd every stroke to her did say\r\n     C       G       C\r\nHard hearted Barbara Allen\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n              G                C\r\nOh mother, oh mother go dig my grave\r\n             F        C\r\nMake it both long and narrow\r\n              F       C        Am\r\nSweet William died of love for me\r\n    C      G      C\r\nAnd I will die of sorrow\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 7]\r\n               G                 C\r\nAnd father, oh father, go dig my grave\r\n             F        C\r\nMake it both long and narrow\r\n              F       C     Am\r\nSweet William died on yesterday\r\n    C      G7    C\r\nAnd I will die tomorrow\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 8]\r\n                  G             C\r\nBarbara Allen was buried in the old churchyard\r\n                  F        C\r\nSweet William was buried beside her\r\n                       F            G      Am\r\nOut of sweet William's heart, there grew a rose\r\n       C       G         C\r\nOut of Barbara Allen's a briar\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 9]\r\n              G                     C\r\nThey grew and grew in the old churchyard\r\n                F       C\r\nTill they could grow no higher\r\n           F              G      Am\r\nAt the end they formed, a true lover's knot\r\n        C         G         C F C\r\nAnd the rose grew round the briar\r\n
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BARBARA ALLEN As recorded by Joan Baez (From the 1961 Album JOAN BAEZ, VOL. 2) Capo 4th fret [Intro] C [Verse 1] G C Twas in the merry month of May F C When green buds all were swelling F C Am Sweet William on his death bed lay C … CLICK TO VIEW SONGBarb’ry Allen – Joan Baez<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27904,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27903\/revisions\/27904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}