Chords:
{t:Barbara Allen - Baez}
{artist:Joan Baez}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKIOkSe2kXYGm so capo 3
{c: }
Twas in the [G7] merry month of [C] May
When green buds [F] all were [C] swelling
Sweet William [F] on his [C] death bed [Am] lay
For a [C] love of [G7] Barb'ry [C] Allen
He sent his [G7] servant to the [C] town
To the place where [F] she was [C] dwelling
Saying you must [F] come, to my [C] master [Am] dear
If your [C] name be [G7] Barb'ry [C] Allen
So slowly, [G7] slowly she got [C] up
And slowly [F] she drew [C] nigh him
And the only [F] words to [C] him did [Am] say
Young [C] man I [G7] think you're [C] dying
He turned his [G7] face unto the [C] wall
And death was [F] in him [C] welling
Good-bye, [F] good-bye, to [C] my friends [Am] all
Be [C] good to [G7] Barb'ry [C] Allen
When he was [G7] dead and laid in [C] grave
She heard the [F] death bells [C] knelling
And every [F] stroke to [C] her did [Am] say
Hard [C] hearted [G7] Barb'ry [C] Allen
Oh mother, oh [G7] mother go dig my [C] grave
And make it [F] long and [C] narrow
Sweet William [F] died of [C] love for [Am] me
And [C] I will [G7] die of [C] sorrow
And father, oh [G7] father, go dig my [C] grave
And make it [F] long and [C] narrow
Sweet William [F] died on [C] yester-[Am]day
And [C] I will [G7] die to-[C]morrow
Barb'ry Allen was [G7] buried in the old church-[C]yard
Sweet William was [F] buried be-[C]side her
Out of sweet William's [F] heart, there [C] grew a [Am] rose
Out of [C] Barb'ry [G7] Allen's a [C] briar
They grew and [G7] grew in the old church-[C]yard
Till they could [F] grow no [C] higher
At the end they [F] formed, a [C] true lover's [Am] knot
And the [C] rose grew [G7] round the [C] briar [F] [C]
