Misc Traditional – The Oak King And The Holly King (Guitar)

C                      G         C
O’er 6 long moons the Oak King ruled

C                      F
As breath lay on the land

        F       G            C        Am
Now his day is done and his time is gone

          C          G         C
And the Holly King rules the land

          C          G         C
And the Holly King rules the land

      C                    G
The Holly King rules the land

         F      G            C       Am
Now his day is done and his time is gone

          C          G         C
And the Holly King rules the land

     C                G          C
At yule so chill the sun stood still

C                          F
And the Oak King came to power

        F         G            C       Am
As we danced the way for the light of day

        C        G          C
Of the bud, the leaf, the flower

        C        G          C
Of the bud, the leaf, the flower

        C                   G
Of the bud, the leaf, the flower

        F         G           C       Am
As we danced the way for the light of day

        C        G          C
Of the bud, the leaf, the flower

          C         G         C
In the ground the Holly King lay

C                             F
Healing wounds he’d won that day

         F        G          C          Am
As the days grew long, the holly grew strong

            C    G       C
Till the dawning of the May

            C    G       C
Till the dawning of the May

           C             G
Till the dawning of the May

         F        G          C          Am
As the days grew long, the holly grew strong

            C    G       C
Till the dawning of the May

         C                     G        C
And the sun rose high in a brightening sky

     C                   F
In June the Holly King Rose

     F    G            C      Am
At Litha he was the stronger tree

         C       G       C
And the Oak King he lay low

         C       G       C
And the Oak King he lay low

         C               G
And the Oak King he lay low

     F    G            C      Am
A Litha he was the stronger tree

         C       G       C
And the Oak King he lay low

     C                  G           C
Now until the yule the Holly King rules

          C               F
And the days grow short again

                F    G           C         Am
But the Oak King’s strong and it won’t be long

           C           G         C
‘Till the yule brings back his reign

           C           G         C
‘Till the yule brings back his reign

           C                     G
‘Till the yule brings back his reign

                F    G           C         Am
But the Oak King’s strong and it won’t be long

           C           G         C
‘Till the yule brings back his reign

          C     G     C
So the seasons turn around

        C                   F
And we draw life from the ground

          F      G          C        Am
But the seasons turn. From them we learn

      C   G       C
By nature we are bound

      C   G       C
By nature we are bound

      C            G
By nature we are bound

           F     G          C       Am
But the seasons turn. From them we learn

      C   G       C
By nature we are bound