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    John Barleycorn (Traffic) : Interlude

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    The song describes the annual life cycle of barley from sowing to harvest. It tells of three men who make a solemn vow that John Barleycorn (barley) must die. They plow, sow, and harrow him into the ground. When he begins to grow, they cut him down with scythes and pitchforks, tie him up and cart him away, then grind him between millstones. Despite the efforts to kill it, barley/John Barleycorn proves strongest and is used to make brandy and mend pots. The song portrays the agricultural process as a battle between farmers and the grain.

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    John Barleycorn (Traffic) : Interlude

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    The song describes the annual life cycle of barley from sowing to harvest. It tells of three men who make a solemn vow that John Barleycorn (barley) must die. They plow, sow, and harrow him into the ground. When he begins to grow, they cut him down with scythes and pitchforks, tie him up and cart him away, then grind him between millstones. Despite the efforts to kill it, barley/John Barleycorn proves strongest and is used to make brandy and mend pots. The song portrays the agricultural process as a battle between farmers and the grain.

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    John Barleycorn

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    The song describes the annual life cycle of barley from sowing to harvest. It tells of three men who make a solemn vow that John Barleycorn (barley) must die. They plow, sow, and harrow him into the ground. When he begins to grow, they cut him down with scythes and pitchforks, tie him up and cart him away, then grind him between millstones. Despite the efforts to kill it, barley/John Barleycorn proves strongest and is used to make brandy and mend pots. The song portrays the agricultural process as a battle between farmers and the grain.

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    71 views2 pages

    John Barleycorn (Traffic) : Interlude

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    giannisgianno
    The song describes the annual life cycle of barley from sowing to harvest. It tells of three men who make a solemn vow that John Barleycorn (barley) must die. They plow, sow, and harrow him into the ground. When he begins to grow, they cut him down with scythes and pitchforks, tie him up and cart him away, then grind him between millstones. Despite the efforts to kill it, barley/John Barleycorn proves strongest and is used to make brandy and mend pots. The song portrays the agricultural process as a battle between farmers and the grain.

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    J ohn Barleycorn( Traffic)

    (Capo 7th fret)



    D C G Am add2 add2 (x2)
    D Am C G Am add2 add2
    There were three men came out of the West
    D C G Am add2 add2
    Their fortunes for to try

    And these three men made a solemn vow
    John Barleycorn must die

    C C/B Am
    They've ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in
    C D Esus4 E add4
    Threw clods upon his head

    D Am C G Am add2 add2
    And these three men made a solemn vow
    D C G Am add2 add2
    John Barleycorn was dead

    *Interlude* D C G Am add2 add2 (x4)

    They've let him lie for a very long time
    'Till the rains from heaven did fall
    And little Sir John sprung up his head
    And so amazed them all

    They've let him stand 'til midsummer's day
    'Till he looked both pale and wan

    And little Sir John's grown a long, long beard
    And so become a man
    *Interlude* D C G Am add2 add2 (x4)

    They've hired men with the scythes so sharp
    To cut him off at the knee
    They've rolled him and tied him by the way
    Serving him most barbarously

    They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks
    Who pricked him to the heart

    And the loader he has served him worse than that
    For he's bound him to the cart
    *Interlude* D C G Am add2 add2 (x4)

    They've wheeled him around and around the field
    'Till they came unto a barn
    And there they made a solemn oath
    On poor John Barleycorn

    They've hired men with the crab-tree sticks
    To cut him skin from bone

    And the miller he has served him worse than that
    For he's ground him between two stones
    *Interlude* D C G Am add2 add2 (x4)

    And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl
    And he's brandy in the glass
    And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl
    Proved the strongest man at last

    The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox
    Nor so loudly to blow his horn

    And the tinker he can't mend kettle nor pot
    D C G A5
    Without a little barleycorn...

    Chords:
    D C G Am A2 C/B E4 E Dm A5
    b ||-2--0--3--0--0---0---0--0--1--5--
    F#||-3--1--0--1--0---1---0--0--3--2--
    D ||-2--0--0--2--2---0---2--1--2--2--
    A ||-0--2--0--2--2---0---2--2--0--2--
    E ||-0--3--2--0--0---2---2--2--0--0--
    B ||-------3-------------0--0--------

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