Misc Traditional - Barbara Allen Chords & Tabs

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Barbara Allen
Traditional


transcribed by: phaedrus@southwind.net


II-----------------Â means to bar second (II) fret for all notes beneath the dotted line.  This is optional, but it helps move things along.



       DA7      Bm D         E7            A
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e---2-----------------0--------------------------------------------|
b---3-----------------2-----3---------3-----3--------2------------|
g---2-----------------0-----4---------2-----1--------2------------|
d---0-----------------------4---------0-----2--------2------------|
a---------------------0-----2------------------------0------------|
e-------------------------------------2-----0---------------------|
   In Scarlet Town where I was born, There was a fair maid dwellin'.  Made
 
    G                        D              Bm                 D              G    A7   D
                              II--------------Â
e---------------------------------------------------0--3-----------|
b--3-------------3-----2-------3------3---------0--2--2-----------|
g--4---------0---2--------4-----------2---------0--0--3-----------|
d--5-------------4--------4---------------------0------0----0-----|
a-------------------------2------------------------0---------------|
e--------------------------------------2--------3------------------|
    ev'ry youth cry "Well - a - day,"         Her name was Barbara Allen.       All

    D                 Bm                           D                        E7       A
                       II------Â
e------2------------------------------------------------------------|
b------3------------3--------------------3----3-----2--------------|
g----2--------------4--------------------2----1-----2--------------|
d-0--------------4------------------0---------2-----2--------------|
a-------------2-------------------------------------0------0-------|
e-------------------------------2-------------0--------------------|
    in the merry month of May, When green buds they were swellin'      Young

   G                              D              Bm             D          G      A7     D
                                  II----------Â
e--------------------------------------------------0----3-----------|
b--------0----------3----2-------------3------0---2----2-----------|
g--------0----------2--------4---------2------0---0----3-----------|
d-----0-------5-----4--------4---------0------0--------0------0----|
a----------------------------2---0----------------0-----------------|
e-3------------------------------------2------3---------------------|
    Jemmy Grove on his deathbed lay,       For love of Bar - bara Allen.