John Barleycorn Must Die
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CAPO 7th Fret

INTRO (2x):
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There were three men came out of the West
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Their fortunes for to try
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And these three men made a solemn vow
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John Barleycorn must die
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They've ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in
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Threw clods upon his head
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And these three men made a solemn vow
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John Barleycorn was dead

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They've let him lie for a very long time
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Till the rains from heaven did fall
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And little Sir John sprung up his head
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And so amazed them all
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They've let him stand til midsummer's day
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Till he looked both pale and wan
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And these three men made a solemn oath
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On poor John Barleycorn

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They've hired men with the scythes so sharp
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To cut him off at the knee
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They've rolled him and tied him by the waist
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Serving him most barbarously
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They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks
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Who pricked him to the heart
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And the loader he has served him worse than that
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For he's bound him to the cart

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They've wheeled him around and around the field
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Till they came unto a barn
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And there they made a solemn oath
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On poor John Barleycorn
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They've hired men with the crab-tree sticks
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To cut him skin from bone
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And the miller he has served him worse than that
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For he's ground him between two stones

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And little Sir John in the nut-brown bowl
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And he's brandy in the glass
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And little Sir John in the nut-brown bowl
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Proved the strongest man at last
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The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox
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Nor so loudly to blow his horn
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And the tinker he can't mend kettle nor pot
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Without a little Barleycorn