The King chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

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

album: Please To See The King (1971)
3/4 time


Verse 1:
G+G           G+G             D MajorD
Joy, health, love, and peace be all here in this place
    G+G       A minorAm      C majorC  D MajorD    G+G
By your leave, we will sing . . con-cer-ning our king


Verse 2:
  G+G      G+G              G+G
Our king is well dressed, in the silks of the best
  G+G     A minorAm      C majorC  D MajorD    G+G
In ribbons so rare, . . no king can com-pare


Verse 3:
    G+G       G+G           D MajorD
We have travelled many miles, over hedges and stiles
  G+G       A minorAm      C majorC D MajorD   G+G
In search of our king, . . un-to you we bring


Verse 4:
    G+G     G+G            D MajorD
We have powder and shot . . to conquer the lot
    G+G     A minorAm     C majorC  D MajorD     G+G
We have cannon and ball . . to con-quer them all


Verse 5:
  G+G      G+G            D MajorD
Old Christmas is past, twelve tide is the last
    G+G     A minorAm       C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
And we bid you a-dieu, . . great joy to the new