The Oak King And The Holly King chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

verse 1:

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

verse 2:
     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


verse 3:
          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


verse 4:
         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


verse 5:
     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

verse 6:
          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