{"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":2392091,"song":"Mistletoe Bough","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11493778-mistletoe-bough-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2392091?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe mistletoe bough in the olden time[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas honoured in many a sacred rhyme[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy bards and by singers of high degree[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen cut from its place on the old oak tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy white-robed Druid with golden knife[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they thought it a magical Tree of Life[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd many a promise and holy vow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey were solemnly sworn on the mistletoe bough[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe mistletoe bough in the Norseman's lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTold ever of horrors, and love's dismay[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the old blind god, by a sportive blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLaid Balder, the beautiful sun god, low[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThenceforth it was deemed an accursed thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut love out of sorrow could victory bring[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the tears of Freja are shining now[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike the orient, pearls on the mistletoe bough[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe mistletoe bough on the festive throng[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLooks down amid echoes of mirthful song[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere hearts they make music, as old friends meet[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhose pulse keeps the time to the dancer's feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd eyes they are brighter with looks of love[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThan gems outshining the lamps up above[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd who is she that will not allow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA kiss that's claimed under the mistletoe bough?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nN.C.\r\nFrom the regions of the east\r\nN.C.\r\nThere came a strong and handsome beast\r\nN.C.\r\nSlow indeed his paces are\r\nN.C.\r\nNone with donkey can compare\r\nN.C.\r\nFor the load that he will bear\r\nN.C.\r\nHail, Sir Donkey, hail\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nDm  Bb  C  Dm\nDm  Bb  C  A7\nDm  C  Bb  C\nA7  Bb  C  Dm\nDm  Bb  C  Dm\nBb  Dm  Bb  Dm  Bb  Dm C Dm\nDm  Bb  C  A7\nDm  C  Bb  C\nA7  Bb  C  Dm\nDm  Bb  C  Dm\nBb  Dm  Bb  Dm  Bb    Dm\nDm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nN.C.\nFrom the regions of the east\nN.C.\nThere came a strong and handsome beast\nN.C.\nSlow indeed his paces are\nN.C.\nNone with donkey can compare\nN.C.\nFor the load that he will bear\nN.C.\nHail, Sir Donkey, hail\n\n[Outro]\nDm","chords":["Dm","Bb","C","A7","Am","G","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}