Capo 2
D A D
All in the merry month of May,
G A
When green buds all were swelling
G D
Sweet William on his deathbed lay
G D A
For love of Barbara Allen
D A D
He sent his servant to the town,
G A
The place where she did dwell in
G D
Saying, "Master dear has sent me here
G A
If your name be Barbara Allen."
D A D
Then slowly, slowly she got up
G A
And slowly she went to him
G D
And all she said when there she came
G D A
Was, "Young man, I think you're dying.?
D A D
"Don't you remember the other night
G A
When we were in the tavern?
G D
You drank a toast to the ladies there,
G D G A
And slighted Barbara Allen."
D A D
He turned his face unto the wall,
G A
He turned his back upon her
G D
"Adieu, adieu, to all my friends,
G A D
And be kind, be kind to Barbara Allen."
Instrumental:
A D A D
As she was wandering o'er the fields,
G A
She heard the death bell knelling
G D
And every note, it seemed to say,
G A
"Hard-hearted Barbara Allen!"
D A D
The more it tolled the more she grieved,
G A
She bursted out a-crying
G D
"Oh, pick me up and carry me home,
G A
I fear that I am dying."
Instrumental: D G A D G A
## Key Change - Up 3 semitones ##
F C F Bb C
F C F
They buried Willy in the old church yard
Bb C
And Barbara in the new one,
Bb F
And from William's grave, there grew a rose,
Bb C
From Barbara's, a green briar
F C F
They grew and grew in the old church yard,
Bb C
'Til they could grow no higher,
Bb F
And there they tied in a true lover's knot,
C F
The red rose and the briar.
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