Barbara Allen - Michael Hurley Chords

Chords: G, C, For, Allen, And, Allen., From

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Genre: folk, blues, traditional

[Verse 1]

G
Twas in the merry month of May

C G
When flowers were a-bloomin'

C G
Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay

G

For the love of Barbara Allen

[Verse 2]

G
He sent his servant to the town,

C G
The town where she be dwellin'.

C G
Sayin', "Master, dear, has sent me here

G
If your name be Barbara Allen"

[Verse 3]

G
Slowly, slowly, she got up

C G
Slowly she went to him.

C G
And all she said, when she got there,

G
"Young man, I think your dyin'"

[Verse 4]

G
Don't you remember the other day

C G
When we were in the tavern.

C
You drank a fifth to the ladies there,

G

And he slighted Barbara Allen.

[Verse 5]

G
He turned his face onto the wall,

C G
He turned his back upon her.

C G
"Adieu Adieui to all my friends,

G
be kind to Barbara Allen."

[Verse 6]

G
She looked to the east she looked to the west

C G
She saw his corpse a-comin'.

C G
"Sit him down with me", she cried

G
"That I may gaze upon him".

[Verse 7]

G
The more she looked the more she greived,

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