• Song:

    Johnny Barleycorn

  • Artist:

    Frank Black

  • Album:

    Fast Man Raider Man

D (xx0232@1)[VERSE]

D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)     G (320003@1)Have you been to the fields?
D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)  G (320003@1)Something there made me afraid
            D (xx0232@1)Like dying younger
       A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)    GIf (320003@1)the ground never yields
E (022100@1)      G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)We will feel the hunger
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)   G (320003@1)Take him out with the seeds
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)Roll him on the barren ground
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)Mix blood and water
        A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)  G (320003@1)Do not doubt our every need
E (022100@1)       G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)She will feed, look what we got her

D  A7*  (x2)

[CHORUS]

G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)  G (320003@1)Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
             A (x02220@1)             Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)Bring down the blade on Johnny
 C (x32010@1)      Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
 He shall be the one that will be torn

[SOLO]

D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)  G (320003@1)(x3)

E (022100@1)  G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)[VERSE]

D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)  G (320003@1)Ringing out the new year
D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)Sing out the names of the dead
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)Like Johnny Barleycorn
A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)          G (320003@1)Give him a cheer   Hey
E (022100@1)      G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)Can you hear the newborn?

D  A7*  (x2)

[CHORUS]

G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)  G (320003@1)Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
             A (x02220@1)             Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)Bring down the blade on Johnny

(repeat above 1x)

C (x32010@1)      Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)He shall be the one that will be torn
 C (x32010@1)      Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)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 (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) G (320003@1) A7 (x02020@1) Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1)* 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 (xx0232@1)                A7 (x02020@1)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--------------------------------------------------|
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