DAR WILLIAMS - HOLLY TREE CHORDS

Dar Williams - Holly Tree INTRO: Am

When the robin builds in the ^Fholly tree It's a ^Amsign of life, its gentle ^Fvictory Well, to^Cday as I set to ^Dmgo I saw a ^Cnest in a tree holl^Fow

Oh ^AmEmily, you're a ^Fbrave girl With your ^Amhusband gone to the ^Fother world Sing a ^Csong while I light the ^Dmfire We'll be ^Cjoined by a spiritual ^Fchoir

Here's the tansy and the chamomile

A ^Dmtea for you to drink ^FAs the pain increases, oh You ^Dmonly have to think About a ^Embaby, we'll save the baby

I placed a ^Amholly sprig by the ^Fdoctor's door He has ^Amdone this well and many ^Ftimes before He'll be ^Ccareful which way he ^Dmgoes But he's been ^Ckind to us farm wid^Fows

And ^Amthis I heard, just the ^Fother day That they ^Amcame to buy, and you ^Fchose to stay Soon a ^Cchild will help you reap and ^Dmsow May he ^Ccast a long shad^Fow

But you say the trials are coming

You have ^Dmfelt the gathering forces And the ^Fgalloping you hear Is of ^Dmone too many horses

But ^Frest your head my darling girl There ^Dmwon't be any danger ^FAny person ever loved An ^Dminfant in a manger Saves the ^Embaby, save the baby

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Now the pastor comes, shakes the ^Ffarmer's hand Says, “Th^Ame earth will bear, like th^Fe promised land You have ^Cheard the stories down be^Dmlow But nature will ^Cbless this farm holl^Fow.”^Dm ^Am ^C

Now the ^Ffarmer's wife shudders Pulls the ^Dmshawl up to her shoulder ^FEvery time she nears the hearth She ^Dmfeels a little colder Where's the ^Embaby? There was a baby

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