|
Capo 4
(Intro )
LAm SOL LAm SOL
LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL DO /SI
Eli the barrowboy of the old town
LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL
Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out
SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm SOL
All down the day
LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL DO /SI
Below the tamaracks he is crying
LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL
Corncobs and candlewax for the buying
SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm SOL
All down the day
FA DO
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
FA LAm
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
FA DO
She is dead and gone and lying in the pine grove
SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm
And I must push my barrow all the day
SOL LAm LAm/MI
And I must push my barrow all the day
(Interlude:)
LAm LAm/MI LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL DO /SI LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL SOL LAm SOL LAm
LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL DO /SI
Eli the barrowboy when they found him
LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL
Dressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in
SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm SOL
The river down the way
LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL DO /SI
They lay his body down in a churchyard
LAm LAm/MI LAm /SI DO DO/SOL
But still when the moon is out with his pushcart
SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm SOL
He calls down the day
FA DO
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown
FA LAm
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
FA DO
But I am dead and gone and lying in the church ground
SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm
But still I push my barrow all the day
SOL LAm LAm/MI LAm LAm/MI LAm LAm/MI LAm
But still I push my barrow all the day
|
