King Henry chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

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STEELEYE SPAN - KING HENRY
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VERSE 1
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  A minorAm     G+G
Let never a man wooing wend
   A minorAm   G+G   E MajorE
That lacketh things three,
 A minorAm
A augmentedA store of gold, an open heart,
      G+G  A minorAm
And full of charity;
               G+G
And this was seen of King Henry
    A minorAm      E MajorE
Though he lay quite alone,
     A minorAm    G+G  A minorAm   E MajorE
For he's taken him to a haunted hall
A minorAm     G+G    E MajorE
Seven miles from the town.

VERSE 2
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   A minorAm         G+G
He's chased the deer now him before
    A minorAm    G+G   E MajorE
And the doe down by the den
     A minorAm
Till the fattest buck in all the flock
      G+G   A minorAm
King Henry he has slain.
                 G+G
His huntsmen followed him to the hall
  A minorAm       E MajorE
To make them burly cheer,
   A minorAm    G+G    A minorAm    E MajorE
When loud the wind was heard to sound
    A minorAm     G+G     E MajorE
And an earthquake rocked the floor.


VERSE 3
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  A minorAm        G+G
And darkness covered all the hall
   A minorAm    G+G    E MajorE
Where they sat at their meat,
  A minorAm
The grey dogs, yowling, left their food
       G+G    A minorAm
And crept to Henry's feet.
               G+G
And louder howled the rising wind
  A minorAm         E MajorE
And burst the fastened door,
  A minorAm    G+G   A minorAm   E MajorE
And in there came a grisly ghost
A minorAm    G+G   E MajorE
Stamping on the floor.

VERSE 4
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  A minorAm           G+G
Her head hit the roof-tree of the house
  A minorAm     G+G     E MajorE
Her middle you could not span,
   A minorAm
Each frightened huntsmen fled the hall
       G+G   A minorAm
And left the king alone,
                G+G
Her teeth were like the tether stakes,
  A minorAm        E MajorE
Her nose like club or mell,
  A minorAm   G+G    A minorAm    E MajorE
And nothing less she seemed to be
    A minorAm     G+G     E MajorE
Than a fiend that comes from hell.


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Verses 5 to 8 are all Am...
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VERSE 5 - A minorAm
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Some meat, some meat you King Henry,
Some meat you give to me,
Go kill your horse you King Henry
And bring him here to me;
He's gone and slain his berry brown steed
Though it made his heart full sore,
For she's eaten up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but hide and hair.


VERSE 6 - A minorAm
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More meat, more meat you King Henry
More meat you give to me,
Go kill your grey-hounds King Henry
And bring them here to me;
And when he's slain his good grey-hounds,
It made his heart full sore,
She's eaten up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but hide and hair.


VERSE 7 - A minorAm
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More meat, more meat you King Henry,
More meat you give to me,
Go fell your goss-hawks King Henry
And bring them here to me;
And when he's slain his gay goss-hawks,
It made his heart full sore,
She's eaten them up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but feathers bare.


VERSE 8 - A minorAm
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Some drink, some drink now King Henry,
Some drink you give to me,
Oh you sew up your horse's hide
And bring in a drink to me;
And he's sewn up the bloody hide,
And a pipe of wine put in,
And she's drank up all in one draught
Left never a drop therein.


VERSE 9
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 A minorAm       G+G
A augmentedA bed, a bed now King Henry,
 A minorAm     G+G    E MajorE
A augmentedA bed you'll make for me,
  A minorAm
Oh you must pull the heather green
      G+G    A minorAm
And make it soft for me;
               G+G
And pulled has he the heather green
  A minorAm    G+G   E MajorE
And made for her a bed,
  A minorAm    G+G   A minorAm   E MajorE
And taken has he his gay mantle
  A minorAm   G+G   E MajorE
And o'er it he has spread.


VERSE 10
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   A minorAm          G+G
Take off your clothes now King Henry
  A minorAm    G+G   E MajorE
And lie down by my side,
  A minorAm
Now swear, now swear you King Henry
      G+G    A minorAm
To take me for your bride.
             G+G
Oh God forbid, says King Henry,
   A minorAm    G+G   E MajorE
That ever the like betide,
   A minorAm   G+G     A minorAm     E MajorE
That ever a fiend that comes from hell
    A minorAm      G+G   E MajorE
Should stretch down by my side.


VERSE 11
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     A minorAm           G+G
When the night was gone and the day was come
    A minorAm    G+G      E MajorE
And the sun shone through the hall,
  A minorAm
The fairest lady that ever was seen
      G+G      A minorAm
Lay between him and the wall.
              G+G
I've met with many a gentle knight
   A minorAm   G+G   E MajorE
That gave me such a fill,
  A minorAm   G+G      A minorAm    E MajorE
But never before with a courteous knight
   A minorAm   G+G   E MajorE
That gave me all my will.