The Decemberists – Eli The Barrow Boy (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Artist: The Decemberists Album: Picaresque Song: Eli, The Barrow Boy [Intro] Am Am Am Am [Verse 1]
Am Am/E Am        G/B    C   C/G  C  C/B
Eli the barrowboy of the old town

Am    Am/E     Am        G/B    C     C/G
Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out

G            Am  Am/E  Am  G  Am  Am/E  Am  G
All down the day

Am Am/E   Am        G/B   C  C/G  C  C/B
Below the tamaracks he is crying

Am  Am/E     Am        G/B     C  C/G
Corncobs and candlewax for the buying

G            Am  Am/E  Am  G  Am  Am/E  Am  G
All down the day
[Chorus]
F                                     C
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe

F                             Am
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread

F                                   C
She is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove

    G                             Am  Am/E  Am
And I must push my barrow all the day

    G                             Am  Am/E  Am  Am/E
And I must push my barrow all the day
[Interlude] Am Am/E Am G/B C C/G C C/B Am Am/E Am G/B C C/G G Am Am/E Am G Am [Verse 2]
Am Am/E Am        G/B       C     C/G  C  C/B
Eli the barrowboy when they found him

Am      Am/E   Am        G/B    C       C/G
Dressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in

    G              Am  Am/E  Am  G  Am  Am/E  Am  G
The river down the way

Am   Am/E    Am        G/B  C     C/G  C  C/B
They lay his body down in a churchyard

Am  Am/E           Am          G/B      C   C/G
But still when the moon is out with his pushcart

   G              Am  Am/E  Am  G  Am  Am/E  Am  G
He calls down the day
[Chorus]
F                                     C
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown

F                             Am
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread

    F                                 C
But I am dead and gone and lying in a church ground

    G                              Am  Am/E  Am
But still I push my barrow all the day

    G                              Am  Am/E  Am  Am/E  Am  Am/E  Am
But still I push my barrow all the day