Barnet Fair chords

Steeleye Span

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Intro 
Eb  Ab  Eb  Ab  Bb 
Eb  Ab  Eb  Ab  Bb 

Verse 
Eb                   Ab 
Once a year when the winter's calling 
Eb                      Ab                 Bb 
Birds fly south and the leaves are falling down 
                Eb                       Ab 
Just beyond the town, the meadow where a campfire's burning 
Eb                          Ab               Bb 
Wakes in the morning to the music of the big fairground 

Verse 
                Cm                    Ab 
Coming from the east, coming from the west 
        Bb                Eb 
All the gypsies are gathering 
Cm                       Ab                      Bb    Bb C 
Just another town on the road for the travelling man 

F                          C                   F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 
                               C                   F 
Follow on, children, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 
                                 C 
If I show you the way, won't you come along today? 
       Db                        Bb 
'Cause everyone you know will be there 
F                          C                   F     Ab Bb 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 

Verse 
Eb                 Ab 
Leave the factory, leave the field 
Eb                      Ab             Bb 
Word is abroad that the fair arrives today 
                 Eb                 Ab 
Come on from the dusty loom and the rusty plough 
Eb                         Ab                Bb 
Join the procession, I can hear it come this way 

Verse 
                 Cm                        Ab 
Come and see the juggler, come and see the fiddler 
        Bb                     Eb 
See the horses and the dancing bear 
         Cm                             Ab                        Bb    Bb C 
Come and see the pretty lasses with the coloured ribbons in their hair 

F                          C                   F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 
                               C                   F 
Follow on, children, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 
                                 C 
If I show you the way, won't you come along today? 
       Db                        Bb 
'Cause everyone you know will be there 
F                          C                   F     Ab Bb 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 

Instrumental 
Eb     Bb   Eb     Bb 

Verse 
              Cm                      Ab 
See the magic lantern and the bat and hoop-la 
Bb                      Eb 
Prizes for the tuppenny shy 
         Cm                        Ab               Bb    Bb C 
"All the fun of the fair", you can hear the showmen cry 

F                          C                   F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 
                               C                   F 
Follow on, children, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 
                                 C 
If I show you the way, won't you come along today? 
       Db                        Bb 
'Cause everyone you know will be there 
F                          C                   F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 
                           C                   F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 
                           C                   F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me to Barnet Fair? 
                           C          F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me 
                           C          F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me 
                           C          F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me 
                           C          F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me 
                           C          F 
Follow me, boys, won't you follow me