The Decemberists – Eli The Barrow Boy (Guitar)
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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