The Oak King And The Holly King chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

verse 1:

C majorC           G+G     C majorC
O’er 6 long moons the Oak King ruled
C majorC           FF
As breath lay on the land
    FF    G+G      C majorC    A minorAm
Now his day is done and his time is gone
     C majorC     G+G     C majorC
And the Holly King rules the land
     C majorC     G+G     C majorC
And the Holly King rules the land
   C majorC          G+G
The Holly King rules the land
     FF   G+G      C majorC    A minorAm
Now his day is done and his time is gone
     C majorC     G+G     C majorC
And the Holly King rules the land

verse 2:
   C majorC        G+G     C majorC
At yule so chill the sun stood still
C majorC             FF
And the Oak King came to power
    FF     G+G      C majorC    A minorAm
As we danced the way for the light of day
    C majorC    G+G     C majorC
Of the bud, the leaf, the flower
    C majorC    G+G     C majorC
Of the bud, the leaf, the flower
    C majorC          G+G
Of the bud, the leaf, the flower
    FF     G+G      C majorC    A minorAm
As we danced the way for the light of day
    C majorC    G+G     C majorC
Of the bud, the leaf, the flower


verse 3:
     C majorC     G+G     C majorC
In the ground the Holly King lay
C majorC               FF
Healing wounds he’d won that day
     FF    G+G     C majorC     A minorAm
As the days grew long, the holly grew strong
      C majorC  G+G    C majorC
Till the dawning of the May
      C majorC  G+G    C majorC
Till the dawning of the May
      C majorC       G+G
Till the dawning of the May
     FF    G+G     C majorC     A minorAm
As the days grew long, the holly grew strong
      C majorC  G+G    C majorC
Till the dawning of the May

verse 4:
     C majorC           G+G    C majorC
And the sun rose high in a brightening sky
   C majorC          FF
In June the Holly King Rose
   FF  G+G      C majorC   A minorAm
At Litha he was the stronger tree
     C majorC    G+G    C majorC
And the Oak King he lay low
     C majorC    G+G    C majorC
And the Oak King he lay low
     C majorC        G+G
And the Oak King he lay low
   FF  G+G      C majorC   A minorAm
A augmentedA Litha he was the stronger tree
     C majorC    G+G    C majorC
And the Oak King he lay low


verse 5:
   C majorC         G+G      C majorC
Now until the yule the Holly King rules
     C majorC        FF
And the days grow short again
        FF  G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
But the Oak King’s strong and it won’t be long
      C majorC      G+G     C majorC
‘Till the yule brings back his reign
      C majorC      G+G     C majorC
‘Till the yule brings back his reign
      C majorC           G+G
‘Till the yule brings back his reign
        FF  G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
But the Oak King’s strong and it won’t be long
      C majorC      G+G     C majorC
‘Till the yule brings back his reign

verse 6:
     C majorC   G+G   C majorC
So the seasons turn around
    C majorC          FF
And we draw life from the ground
     FF   G+G     C majorC    A minorAm
But the seasons turn. From them we learn
   C majorC  G+G    C majorC
By nature we are bound
   C majorC  G+G    C majorC
By nature we are bound
   C majorC      G+G
By nature we are bound
      FF   G+G     C majorC    A minorAm
But the seasons turn. From them we learn
   C majorC  G+G    C majorC
By nature we are bound