Johnny Barleycorn Chords & Lyrics by Frank Black
Johnny Barleycorn
guitar chords lyrics
D
[VERSE]
D A E G
Have you been to the fields?
D A E G
Something there made me afraid
D
Like dying younger
A E G
If the ground never yields
E G A
We will feel the hunger
D A E G
Take him out with the seeds
D A E
Roll him on the barren ground
G D
Mix blood and water
A E G
Do not doubt our every need
E G A
She will feed, look what we got her
D A7* (x2)
[CHORUS]
G A Bm G
Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
A Bm A G
This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G A D G
Bring down the blade on Johnny
C Bm A G D G D D
He shall be the one that will be torn
[SOLO]
D A E G (x3)
E G A
[VERSE]
D A E G
Ringing out the new year
D A E
Sing out the names of the dead
G D
Like Johnny Barleycorn
A E G
Give him a cheer Hey
E G A
Can you hear the newborn?
D A7* (x2)
[CHORUS]
G A Bm G
Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
A Bm A G
This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G A D G
Bring down the blade on Johnny
(repeat above 1x)
C Bm A G D G
He shall be the one that will be torn
C Bm A G D
He shall be the one that will be torn
A (fade out)
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recommended chord formations: (also barre chords sound good, and
you can play the full chords of course)
e---------------3---0----2----0--|
B---3-----------3---2----3----1--|
G---2---2-------0---0----4----0--|
D---0---2---2---0---2----4----2--|
A-------0---2---x---0----2----3--|
E-----------0---3----------------|
D A E G A7 Bm C
* one guitar does this on D A7 part
e------------------------------------------|
B-----------3-------------------2----------|
G-------0--------0---------0---------0-----|
D-----4---4----4---4-----2---2----2-----2--|
A---5------------------0-------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
D A7
This add-on sounds good on the D and A in the verses
e--------------------------------------------------|
B--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------------------|
G--2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--|
A--------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E--------------------------------------------------|
