{"id":27907,"date":"2026-01-03T00:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=27907"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:14:14","slug":"barbry-allen-everly-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/barbry-allen-everly-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Barb’ry Allen – Everly Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Barbara Allen\"\r\n \r\n \r\nIntro:\r\n    C<\/span>\r\ne|-----16~------|\r\nB|----17~-------|\r\nG|---16~--------|\r\nD|--14~---------|\r\nA|--------------|\r\nE|--------------|\r\n \r\n \r\n      C<\/span>\r\nT'was in the merry month of May\r\n     F<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\nWhen flowers were a-bloomin'\r\n\r\n      F<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\nSweet William on his deathbed lay\r\n                G<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nFor the love of Barbara Allen\r\n \r\nC<\/span>\r\nHe sent his servant to the town\r\n    F<\/span>                        C<\/span>\r\nThe town where she did dwell in\r\n        F<\/span>               C<\/span>\r\nSaying \"Master dear has sent me here\r\n                G<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nIf your name be Barbara Allen\"\r\n \r\n\r\nC<\/span>\r\nThen slowly, slowly she got up\r\n    F<\/span>               C<\/span>\r\nAnd slowly she went to him\r\n    F<\/span>                 C<\/span>\r\nAnd all she said when she got there\r\n              G<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\n\"Young man, I think you're dying\"\r\n \r\nC<\/span>\r\n\"Oh don't you remember the other day\r\n     F<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\nWhen we were in the tavern?\r\n    F<\/span>                        C<\/span>\r\nYou drank your health to the ladies there\r\n                 G<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nAnd you slighted Barbara Allen\"\r\n \r\nC<\/span>\r\nHe turned his face unto the wall\r\n   F<\/span>                    C<\/span>\r\nHe turned his back upon her\r\n  F               C\r\n\"Adieu! Adieu! To all my friends\r\n           G       C\r\nBe kind to Barbara Allen\"\r\n \r\nC\r\nShe looked to the east, She looked to the west\r\n    F                C\r\nShe saw his corpse a-comin'\r\n    F                C\r\n\"Oh sit him down for me\" she cried\r\n            G     C\r\n\"That I may gaze upon him\"\r\n \r\nC\r\nThe more she looked the more she grieved\r\n    F              C\r\nShe bursted out to cryin'\r\n        F              C\r\nSayin' \"Pick me up and carry me home\r\n                G    C\r\nFor I feel like I am dyin'\"\r\n \r\nC\r\nThey buried Willie in the old churchyard\r\n    F              C\r\nAnd Barbara in the new one\r\n     F                    C\r\nFrom Willie's grave there grew a rose\r\n               G          C\r\nFrom Barbara's a green briar\r\n \r\nC\r\nThey grew and grew to the old church wall\r\n    F                 C\r\nAnd could not grow no higher\r\n    F                    C\r\nAnd there they died in a true love-knot\r\n             G       C\r\nThe rosebush and the briar\r\n \r\n \r\nEnd\r\n \r\nTabbed by HofnerBass: http:\/\/profile.ultimate-guitar.com\/HofnerBass\/\r\n
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“Barbara Allen” Intro: C e|—–16~——| B|—-17~——-| G|—16~——–| D|–14~———| A|————–| E|————–| C T’was in the merry month of May F C When flowers were a-bloomin’ F C Sweet William on his deathbed lay G C For the love of Barbara Allen C He sent his servant to the town F C … CLICK TO VIEW SONGBarb’ry Allen – Everly Brothers<\/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-27907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27907","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=27907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27908,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27907\/revisions\/27908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}