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