Mistletoe Bough chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Dm Bb majorBb C majorC A7A7
DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
A7A7 Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Dm Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm
Dm Bb majorBb C majorC A7A7
DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
A7A7 Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Dm Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb  DmDm
Dm

Verse
              Bb majorBb
The mistletoe bough in the olden time
  C majorC         A minorAm
Was honoured in many a sacred rhyme
  DmDm           C majorC   G+G
By bards and by singers of high degree
   Bb majorBb      C majorC      A minorAm   DmDm
When cut from its place on the old oak tree
  FF      C majorC   DmDm     C majorC
By white-robed Druid with golden knife
     DmDm      C majorC    Bb majorBb   A minorAm
For they thought it a magical Tree of Life
  DmDm         C majorC  G+G
And many a promise and holy vow
     Bb majorBb    C majorC      A minorAm    DmDm
They were solemnly sworn on the mistletoe bough

Verse
              Bb majorBb
The mistletoe bough in the Norseman's lay
   C majorC          A minorAm
Told ever of horrors, and love's dismay
     DmDm         C majorC    G+G
When the old blind god, by a sportive blow
   Bb majorBb     C majorC     A minorAm    DmDm
Laid Balder, the beautiful sun god, low
   FF    C majorC       DmDm    C majorC
Thenceforth it was deemed an accursed thing
  DmDm     C majorC      Bb majorBb   A minorAm
But love out of sorrow could victory bring
    DmDm         C majorC    G+G
And the tears of Freja are shining now
     Bb majorBb   C majorC       A minorAm    DmDm
Like the orient, pearls on the mistletoe bough

Verse
              Bb majorBb
The mistletoe bough on the festive throng
   C majorC          A minorAm
Looks down amid echoes of mirthful song
   DmDm             C majorC      G+G
Where hearts they make music, as old friends meet
   Bb majorBb       C majorC      A minorAm    DmDm
Whose pulse keeps the time to the dancer's feet
  FF       C majorC    DmDm      C majorC
And eyes they are brighter with looks of love
   DmDm   C majorC      Bb majorBb    A minorAm
Than gems outshining the lamps up above
  DmDm       C majorC     G+G
And who is she that will not allow
 Bb majorBb         C majorC     A minorAm    DmDm
A augmentedA kiss that's claimed under the mistletoe bough?

Verse
N.C.
From the regions of the east
N.C.
There came a strong and handsome beast
N.C.
Slow indeed his paces are
N.C.
None with donkey can compare
N.C.
For the load that he will bear
N.C.
Hail, Sir Donkey, hail

Outro
DmDm