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Eli, The Barrow Boy Tab
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#----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-----------------------------# # This represents the author's own work and interpretation of the # # song. To be used only for private study, scholarship, or research. # #--------------------------------------------------------------------#
Artist: The Decemberists
Album: Picaresque
Song: Eli, The Barrow Boy
Main contributor: Andy Bouwman (marpocky@hotmail.com)
Capo 4
(Intro:)
Am G Am G
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B
Eli the barrowboy of the old town
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G
Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out
G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G
All down the day
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B
Below the tamaracks he is crying
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G
Corncobs and candlewax for the buying
G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G
All down the day
F C
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
F Am
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
F C
She is dead and gone and lying in the pine grove
G Am Am/E Am
And I must push my barrow all the day
G Am Am/E
And I must push my barrow all the day
(Interlude:)
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Am Am/E Am /B C C/G G Am G Am
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B
Eli the barrowboy when they found him
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G
Dressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in
G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G
The river down the way
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B
They lay his body down in a churchyard
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G
But still when the moon is out with his pushcart
G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G
He calls down the day
F C
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown
F Am
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
F C
But I am dead and gone and lying in the church ground
G Am Am/E Am
But still I push my barrow all the day
G Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am
But still I push my barrow all the day