{"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":1722301,"song":"Holly Tree","artist":"Dar Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11365677-holly-tree-chords-by-dar-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1722301?type=chord","rating":0.14304,"votes":0,"content":"Dar Williams - Holly Tree\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the robin builds in the holly tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's a sign of life, its gentle victory[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell, today as I set to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI saw a nest in a tree hollow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh Emily, you're a brave girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith your husband gone to the other world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSing a song while I light the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'll be joined by a heavenly choir[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHere's the tansy and the chamomile\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA tea for you to drink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs the pain increases, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou only have to think[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbout a baby, we'll save the baby[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI placed a holly sprig by the doctor's door[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe has done this well and many times before[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe'll be careful which way he goes[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut he's been kind to us farm widows[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd this I heard, just the other day[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat they came to buy, and you chose to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSoon a child will help you reap and sow[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMay he cast a long shadow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBut you say the trials are coming\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou have felt the gathering forces[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the galloping you hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIs of one too many horses[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut rest your head my darling girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere won't be any danger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAny christian ever loved[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAn infant in a manger[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSaves the baby, save the baby[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the pastor comes, shakes the farmer's hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSays, “The earth will bear, like the promised land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou have heard the stories down below[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut god will bless this farm hollow.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the farmer's wife shudders[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPulls the shawl up to her shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nEvery time she nears the hearth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe feels a little colder[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]         \r\nWhere's the baby? There was a baby[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO: [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"Dar Williams - Holly Tree\n\n\nINTRO: Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere's the tansy and the chamomile\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut you say the trials are coming\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: Am  F  Am  F  C  Dm  C  F  Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO: Am  F  Am  F  C  Dm  C  F  Am","chords":["Am","F","C","Dm","A","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}