{"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":774136,"song":"The Oak King","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11590651-the-oak-king-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/774136?type=chord","rating":4.60422,"votes":3,"content":"-Josh Ritter-\r\n-The Oak King-\r\n--------------\r\nThis song has four different voices going on. First you have the narrator, then \r\nyou have the Father trying to save his dying son. Up next is the dying son. Then \r\nwe hear The Oak King come in, tempting the boy away from life.\r\n\r\nEm1:    x|10|9|0|0|x\r\nGmaj13: x|9|7|0|0|x\r\nEm2:    x|7|5|0|0|x\r\nEm3:    x|5|4|0|0|x\r\nCmaj7:  x|3|2|0|0|x\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff:\r\ne|-----------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------|\r\nG|-----------------------|\r\nD|-----------------------|\r\nA|----------0-2-3-2-0----|\r\nE|--0--2--3-----------3--|[/tab]\r\n\r\nSlide Prog.: Slide to Em1...Gmaj13...Em2...Em3...Cmaj7...Riff\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWho is this that rides so late[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBetween the woods and the garden gate?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA father holds a child close,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBarely boy and almost ghost[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     ([ch]C/G[/ch])\r\nSon why do you cry and hide your face?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Father, the Oak King is king of this place,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     ([ch]C/G[/ch])\r\nWith a crown made of thistle and septer of reeds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSon, there's no Oak King, just the wind and the trees[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Slide Prog.)\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]   \r\nMy prince, my love, I knew you'd come[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNow you must join the other ones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCast your blues upon the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSleep all day, play all night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh father, Oh father, don't leave me I pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Oak King is closer than the dawn of the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThan the dawn of the day, The edge of the woods[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe Oak King is bad and he'll take me for good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    ([ch]C/G[/ch])\r\nOh son, with his palaces of silver and gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a queen and his own pretty children to hold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   ([ch]C/G[/ch])\r\nWith his own pretty children, why steal you from me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat kind of a king would ever be such a thief?[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Slide Prog.)\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy prince, my love, I knew you'd come[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNow you must join the other ones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCast your blues upon the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMy daughters will hold you clear through till night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh father, Oh father, scattered all along the path[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Oak Kings own children in the dark as we pass[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe Oak Kings own children, they sing softley and they sigh[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey don't seem to care that they're blooming at night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      ([ch]C/G[/ch])\r\nOh Son, who would leave a child in this place?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the wind and the dark and the rain on their faces[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe rain on their face, mud on their feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat kind of a King would dress his children in leaves? [/tab]\r\n\r\n(Slide Prog.)\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy prince, my love, I knew you would come[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNow you must join the other ones[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh Father, Oh Father, I must go away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe Oak King sings, I must obey[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Slide Prog. soft)\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt the edge of the woods and the break of the day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe father looked down where his son used to lay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in grief and in sorrow, in sorrow and grief,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWondered what kind of king could ever be such a thief?[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Slide Prog.)","plain_text":"-Josh Ritter-\n-The Oak King-\n--------------\nThis song has four different voices going on. First you have the narrator, then \nyou have the Father trying to save his dying son. Up next is the dying son. Then \nwe hear The Oak King come in, tempting the boy away from life.\n\nEm1:    x|10|9|0|0|x\nGmaj13: x|9|7|0|0|x\nEm2:    x|7|5|0|0|x\nEm3:    x|5|4|0|0|x\nCmaj7:  x|3|2|0|0|x\n\n\n\nSlide Prog.: Slide to Em1...Gmaj13...Em2...Em3...Cmaj7...Riff\n\nEm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Slide Prog.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Slide Prog.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Slide Prog.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Slide Prog. soft)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Slide Prog.)","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Em","B7","C","C/G","Am7","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}