Steeleye Span – Barnet Fair (Guitar)

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[Intro] Eb Ab Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab Eb Ab Bb [Verse]
Eb                   Ab
Once a year when the winter's calling

Eb                      Ab                 Bb
Birds fly south and the leaves are falling down

                Eb                       Ab
Just beyond the town, the meadow where a campfire's burning

Eb                          Ab               Bb
Wakes in the morning to the music of the big fairground
[Verse]
                Cm                    Ab
Coming from the east, coming from the west

        Bb                Eb
All the gypsies are gathering

Cm                       Ab                      Bb    Bb C
Just another town on the road for the travelling man
[Chorus]
F                          C                   F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?

                               C                   F
Follow on, children, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?

                                 C
If I show you the way, won't you come along today?

       Db                        Bb
'Cause everyone you know will be there

F                          C                   F     Ab Bb
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?
[Verse]
Eb                 Ab
Leave the factory, leave the field

Eb                      Ab             Bb
Word is abroad that the fair arrives today

                 Eb                 Ab
Come on from the dusty loom and the rusty plough

Eb                         Ab                Bb
Join the procession, I can hear it come this way
[Verse]
                 Cm                        Ab
Come and see the juggler, come and see the fiddler

        Bb                     Eb
See the horses and the dancing bear

         Cm                             Ab                        Bb    Bb C
Come and see the pretty lasses with the coloured ribbons in their hair
[Chorus]
F                          C                   F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?

                               C                   F
Follow on, children, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?

                                 C
If I show you the way, won't you come along today?

       Db                        Bb
'Cause everyone you know will be there

F                          C                   F     Ab Bb
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?
[Instrumental] Eb Bb Eb Bb [Verse]
              Cm                      Ab
See the magic lantern and the bat and hoop-la

Bb                      Eb
Prizes for the tuppenny shy

         Cm                        Ab               Bb    Bb C
"All the fun of the fair", you can hear the showmen cry
[Chorus]
F                          C                   F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?

                               C                   F
Follow on, children, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?

                                 C
If I show you the way, won't you come along today?

       Db                        Bb
'Cause everyone you know will be there

F                          C                   F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?

                           C                   F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?

                           C                   F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair?

                           C          F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me

                           C          F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me

                           C          F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me

                           C          F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me

                           C          F
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me