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ELI THE BARROW BOY - The Decemberists
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CAPO 3 ( this is how they play it) - Key Cm with capo, move capo if is in wrong key for your voice
INTRO
Then repeat if you want
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Strum for first 3 beats then do second part, you can throw the second
part in before each verse or even before each Am , wherever you see fit
Eli, the barrow boy
Of the old town
Sells coal and marigolds
As he cries out
All down the day
Below the tamaracks
He is crying:
Corn cobs and candle wax
for the buying
All down the day
“Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
But she is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove
And I must push my barrow all the day
And I must push my barrow all the day”
Eli, the barrow boy
When they found him
Dressed all in corduroy
He had drowned in
The river down the way
They laid his body down
in a churchyard
But still when the moon is out
With his push cart
He calls down the day
“Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
But I am dead and gone and lying in a church ground
And still I push my barrow all the day
Still I push my barrow all the day”
Thank You
Gabriel HP