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John Barleycorn Tab

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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:02:08 +0200
From: Antonio / Corrado 
Subject: t/traffic/john_barleycorn.tab

Artist          : Traffic
Title           : John Barleycorn
Transcribed     : caderosa@tin.it
Comments:       : capo on 5th fret
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Strings: E,A,D,G,B,E
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INTRO:

  (D)             (C)         (Em)         (Am)
   e  s  e  s  e   s  s  e (s) s  s  e (s)  s  s  s  e  s  e
E--------2-------|------------------------|------------------|
B-----------3----|-------1~----------0~---|-------1-0-------|
G-----2--------2-|----0----(0)----0----(0)|-------------2----|
D--0-------------|------------------------|----2-----------2-|
A----------------|-3-----------2----------|-0----------------|
E----------------|------------------------|------------------|
>
(Am)
|  s  s  s  e  s  e  (two times)
E-------------------||
B--------1-0-------||
G--------------2----||
D-----2-----------2-||
A--0----------------||
E-------------------||

Every strophe:

  (D)            (Am)             (C)         (Em)         (Am)
   e  s  e  s  e   e  s  e  s  e   s  s  e (s) s  s  e (s)  s  s  s  e  s
e
E--------2-------|---------------|------------------------|------------------|
B-----------3----|-------1-------|-------1~----------0~---|-------1-0-------|
G-----2--------2-|----------2----|----0----(0)----0----(0)|-------------2----|
D--0-------------|----2--------2-|------------------------|----2-----------2-|
A----------------|-0-------------|-3-----------2----------|-0----------------|
E----------------|---------------|------------------------|------------------|

(Am)
|  s  s  s  e  s  e  then intro.
E-------------------............||
B--------1-0-------............||
G--------------2----............||
D-----2-----------2-............||
A--0----------------............||
E-------------------............||

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Ashley Rhythm Player	#1 by Ashley 666 at Jan 2, 1972 at 12:18 PM EST
	yep, exactly alice, also i like the end, how sir john is the strongest. i thought there was a part about how he knocks the biggest men out.. hmm maybe there are a few varietys of the song.

No Picture D-backs, 2006 w Rhythm Player	#2 by D-backs, 2006 world series champions! !! at Mar 16, 1992 at 3:39 AM EST
	beer wow do i feel stupid

No Picture Joshua Wanna Be	#3 by Joshua Osprey at Jun 16, 1996 at 6:09 PM EST
	this is a realy old song if u pay attention to the lyrics closley its about making beer. barly is what they use to make beer out of so it shows all the stages of having to make it.

No Picture Dark Lead Player	#4 by Dark Avenger at Apr 28, 2002 at 11:41 PM EST
	It’s about beer and all alcohol distilled from barley. But more then that, about three men trying to give up drinking and failing. The song is a ballad of alcoholism not beer for beer sake. The irony of this song is that Chris Woods (traffics sax player/flutist) died of alcohol poisoning. Think about it and read the lyrics again.