Joan Baez – Barbara Allen (Guitar Tab)
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Traditional
Live at 'Club 47' in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1958)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Intro] / [Interlude] C C/G C C/G C C/G C C/G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--0-------0-----|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----1-------1---|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|------0-------0-|--------%-------|--------%-------|--------%-------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|3---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|--------3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| [Verse 1-8] (C/E in Verse 4) G7 G7/B G7/D G7 C C/G C C/G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----| B|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---| G|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------(2)------| A|--------2-------|0---------------|3---------------|3---------------| E|3---------------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------| F F/C C C/G C C/G F F/C 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|----------------|--1-------1-----| B|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|----------------|----1-------1---| G|------2-------2-|------0-------0-|--------%-------|------2-------2-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--------3-------|3---------------|----------------|--------3-------| E|1---------------|--------3-------|----------------|1---------------| F /C /B Am Am/E Am C G7 G7/B 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--1-------0---0-|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1-------1-----| B|----1-----------|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|----0-------0---| G|------2---------|------2-------2-|------2-------0-|------0-------0-| D|3---------------|--------2-------|----------------|----------------| A|--------3---2---|0---------------|0-------3-------|--------2-------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------| (only 2 bars of C in Verse 6) C C/G C C/G C C/G C C/G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--0-------0-----|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----1-------1---|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|------0-------0-|--------%-------|--------%-------|--------%-------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|3---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|--------3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| [Verse 9] + coda G7 G7/B G7/D G7 C C/G C C/G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----| B|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---| G|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--------2-------|0---------------|3---------------|3---------------| E|3---------------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------| F F/C C C/G C C/G F F/C 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|----------------|--1-------1-----| B|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|----------------|----1-------1---| G|------2-------2-|------0-------0-|--------%-------|------2-------2-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--------3-------|3---------------|----------------|--------3-------| E|1---------------|--------3-------|----------------|1---------------| F /C /B Am Am/E Am C G7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--1-------0---0-|--0-------0-----|--------0-------|1---------------| B|----1-----------|----1-------1---|--------1-------|0---------------| G|------2---------|------2-------2-|--------0-------|0---------------| D|3---------------|--------2-------|----------------|----------------| A|--------3---2---|0---------------|0-------3-------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------| (freely) C C/E F C C/G C 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--0-------0-----| B|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---| G|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|------0-------0-| D|--------2-------|3-------3-------|----------------| A|3---------------|----------------|3---------------| E|----------------|----------------|--------3-------|3 (a tempo)
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G7 C
T'was in the merry month of May
F C
When green buds all were swelling,
F C C/B Am
Sweet William on his death bed lay
C G7 | C | % | % | % |
For love of Barbara Allen.
[Verse 2]
G7 C
He sent his servant to the town
F C
To the place where she was dwelling,
F C C/B Am
Saying you must come, to my master dear
C G7 | C | % | % | % |
If your name be Barbara Allen.
[Verse 3]
G7 C
And slowly, slowly she got up
F C
And slowly she drew nigh him,
F C C/B Am
And the only words to him did say
C G7 | C | % | % | % |
Young man I think you're dying.
[Verse 4]
G7 C
He turned his face into the wall
F C
And death was in him wellin',
F C C/B Am
Good-bye, good-bye, to my friends all
C G7 | C | % | % | % |
Be good to Barbara Allen.
[Verse 5]
G7 C
When he was dead and laid in grave
F C
She heard the death bells knellin'
F C C/B Am
And every stroke to her did say
C G7 | C | % | % | % |
Hard hearted Barbara Allen.
[Verse 6]
G7 C
O mother, o mother, go dig my grave
F C
And make it long and narrow,
F C C/B Am
Sweet William died of love for me
C G7 | C | % |
And I will die of sorrow.
[Verse 7]
G7 C
And father, o father, go dig my grave
F C
And make it long and narrow,
F C C/B Am
Sweet William died on yesterday
C G7 | C | % | % | % |
And I will die tomorrow.
[Verse 8]
G7 C
Barbara Allen was buried in the old churchyard
F C
Sweet William was buried beside her,
F C C/B Am
Out of sweet William's heart, there grew a rose
C G7 | C | % | % | % |
Out of Barbara Allen's a briar.
[Verse 9] + coda
G7 C
They grew and grew in the old churchyard
F C
Till they could grow no higher
F C C/B Am
At the end they formed, a true lover's knot
C G7 | C | F | C | C
And the rose grew round the briar.
(break) (break)
(freely) (a tempo)