Traditional - Barbara Allen guitar chord

Traditional

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C Am

In Scarlet town where I was born

D7 G

There was a fair maid dwelling

F C

And every youth cried well away

Dm7 G7 C F C G

For her name was Barbara Allen

2.Twas in the merry month of May

The green buds were a swelling

Sweet William on his deathbed lay

For the love of Barbara Allen

3.He sent a servant unto her

To the place she was dwelling

Saying you must come to his deathbed now

If your name be Barbara Allen

4.Slowly slowly she got up

Slowly slowly she came nigh him

And the only words to him she said

Young man I think you're dying

5.As she was walking oer the fields

She heard the death bell knelling

And every stroke it seemed to say

Hardhearted Barbara Allen

6.Oh mother mother make my bed

Make it long and make it narrow

Sweet William died for me today

I'll die for him tomorrow

7.They buried her in the old churchyard

They buried him in the choir

And from his grave grew a red red rose

From her grave a green briar

8.They grew and grew to the steeple top

Till they could grow no higher

And there they twined in a true love's knot

Red rose around green briar