Frank Black – Johnny Barleycorn (Ukulele)

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Chords

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) _______________________________________________________________ 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--------------------------------------------------|