Tom: C
|C |G7 |C
Twas in the merry month of May
|F |C
When green buds all were swelling,
|F
Sweet William on his death bed
|C Em Am
his death bed lay
|G7 |C
For love of Barbara Allen
|C |G7 |C
He sent his servant to the town
|F |C
To the place where she was dwelling
|F
Saying you must come
|C Em Am
to my master dear
|G7 |C
If your name be Barbara Allen.
|C |G7 |C
And slowly, slowly she got up
|F |C
And slowly she drew nigh him,
|F |C Em Am
And the only words to him did say
|G7 |C
Young man I think you're dying
|C |G7 |C
He turned his face unto the wall
|F |C
And death was in him welling,
|F |C Em Am
Good-bye good-bye to my friends all
|G7 |C
Be good to Barbara Allen
|C |G7 |C
When he was dead and laid in grave
|F |C
She heard the death bells knelling
|F
And every stroke
C Em Am
to her did say
|G7 |C
Hard hearted Barbara Allen
|C |G7
Oh mother oh mother go dig
|C |F |C
my grave and make it long and narrow,
|F |C Em Am
Sweet William died of love for me
|G7 |C
And I will die of sorrow
|C |G7
And father oh father go dig
|C |F |C
My grave and make it long and narrow,
|F |C Em Am
Sweet William died on yesterday
|G7 |C
And I will die tomorrow
|C |G7
Barbara Allen was buried in
|C
the old churchyard
|F |C
Sweet William was buried beside her
|F
from William's heart,
|C Em Am
there grew a rose
|G7 |C
form Barbara Allen's a briar
|C |G7
They grew and grew in
|C
the old churchyard
|F |C
Till they could grow no higher
|F
At the end they formed,
|C Em Am
a true lover's knot
|G7 |C
And the rose grew round the briar
