{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1677511,"song":"King Henry","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11350865-king-henry-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1677511?type=chord","rating":4.49585,"votes":4,"content":"--------------------------\r\nSTEELEYE SPAN - KING HENRY\r\n--------------------------\r\n\r\nVERSE 1\r\n-------\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet never a man wooing wend[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat lacketh things three,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA store of gold, an open heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd full of charity;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd this was seen of King Henry[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThough he lay quite alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor he's taken him to a haunted hall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSeven miles from the town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2\r\n-------\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's chased the deer now him before[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the doe down by the den[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]          \r\nTill the fattest buck in all the flock[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     \r\nKing Henry he has slain.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis huntsmen followed him to the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo make them burly cheer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen loud the wind was heard to sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd an earthquake rocked the floor.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 3\r\n-------\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd darkness covered all the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere they sat at their meat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         \r\nThe grey dogs, yowling, left their food[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd crept to Henry's feet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd louder howled the rising wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd burst the fastened door,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd in there came a grisly ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nStamping on the floor.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 4\r\n-------\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer head hit the roof-tree of the house[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHer middle you could not span,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]   \r\nEach frightened huntsmen fled the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd left the king alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer teeth were like the tether stakes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHer nose like club or mell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd nothing less she seemed to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThan a fiend that comes from hell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n---------------------------\r\nVerses 5 to 8 are all Am...\r\n---------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 5 - Am\r\n-------\r\nSome meat, some meat you King Henry,\r\nSome meat you give to me,\r\nGo kill your horse you King Henry\r\nAnd bring him here to me;\r\nHe's gone and slain his berry brown steed\r\nThough it made his heart full sore,\r\nFor she's eaten up both skin and bone,\r\nLeft nothing but hide and hair.\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 6 - Am\r\n-------\r\nMore meat, more meat you King Henry\r\nMore meat you give to me,\r\nGo kill your grey-hounds King Henry\r\nAnd bring them here to me;\r\nAnd when he's slain his good grey-hounds,\r\nIt made his heart full sore,\r\nShe's eaten up both skin and bone,\r\nLeft nothing but hide and hair.\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 7 - Am\r\n-------\r\nMore meat, more meat you King Henry,\r\nMore meat you give to me,\r\nGo fell your goss-hawks King Henry\r\nAnd bring them here to me;\r\nAnd when he's slain his gay goss-hawks,\r\nIt made his heart full sore,\r\nShe's eaten them up both skin and bone,\r\nLeft nothing but feathers bare.\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 8 - Am\r\n-------\r\nSome drink, some drink now King Henry,\r\nSome drink you give to me,\r\nOh you sew up your horse's hide\r\nAnd bring in a drink to me;\r\nAnd he's sewn up the bloody hide,\r\nAnd a pipe of wine put in,\r\nAnd she's drank up all in one draught\r\nLeft never a drop therein.\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 9\r\n-------\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA bed, a bed now King Henry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA bed you'll make for me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh you must pull the heather green[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd make it soft for me;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd pulled has he the heather green[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd made for her a bed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd taken has he his gay mantle[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd o'er it he has spread.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 10\r\n--------\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake off your clothes now King Henry[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd lie down by my side,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow swear, now swear you King Henry[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo take me for your bride.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh God forbid, says King Henry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat ever the like betide,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat ever a fiend that comes from hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShould stretch down by my side.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 11\r\n--------\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the night was gone and the day was come[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun shone through the hall,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe fairest lady that ever was seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLay between him and the wall.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've met with many a gentle knight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat gave me such a fill,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut never before with a courteous knight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat gave me all my will.[/tab]","plain_text":"--------------------------\nSTEELEYE SPAN - KING HENRY\n--------------------------\n\nVERSE 1\n-------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2\n-------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 3\n-------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 4\n-------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---------------------------\nVerses 5 to 8 are all Am...\n---------------------------\n\n\nVERSE 5 - Am\n-------\nSome meat, some meat you King Henry,\nSome meat you give to me,\nGo kill your horse you King Henry\nAnd bring him here to me;\nHe's gone and slain his berry brown steed\nThough it made his heart full sore,\nFor she's eaten up both skin and bone,\nLeft nothing but hide and hair.\n\n\nVERSE 6 - Am\n-------\nMore meat, more meat you King Henry\nMore meat you give to me,\nGo kill your grey-hounds King Henry\nAnd bring them here to me;\nAnd when he's slain his good grey-hounds,\nIt made his heart full sore,\nShe's eaten up both skin and bone,\nLeft nothing but hide and hair.\n\n\nVERSE 7 - Am\n-------\nMore meat, more meat you King Henry,\nMore meat you give to me,\nGo fell your goss-hawks King Henry\nAnd bring them here to me;\nAnd when he's slain his gay goss-hawks,\nIt made his heart full sore,\nShe's eaten them up both skin and bone,\nLeft nothing but feathers bare.\n\n\nVERSE 8 - Am\n-------\nSome drink, some drink now King Henry,\nSome drink you give to me,\nOh you sew up your horse's hide\nAnd bring in a drink to me;\nAnd he's sewn up the bloody hide,\nAnd a pipe of wine put in,\nAnd she's drank up all in one draught\nLeft never a drop therein.\n\n\nVERSE 9\n-------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 10\n--------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 11\n--------","chords":["Am","G","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}