Holly Tree chords by
Dar Williams

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Verse 1

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When the robin builds in the holly tree

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It's a sign of life, its gentle victory

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Well, today as I set to go

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I saw a nest in a tree hollow

Verse 2
Am Am 
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F F 
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Oh Emily, you're a brave girl
G G 
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Am Am 
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With your husband gone
F F 
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to the other world
C C 
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Dm Dm 
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Sing a hymn  while I light the fire
C C 
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F F 
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We'll be joined by a heavenly choir

Verse 3
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Here's the tansy and the
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chamomile tea for you to drink
F F 
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As the pain increases,
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well you only have to think
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About a baby. We'll save the baby

Verse 4
Am Am 
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I placed a holly sprig by
F F 
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the doctor's door
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He has done this well
F F 
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and many times before
C C 
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He'll be careful which
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way he goes
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F F 
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But he's been kind to us farm widows
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And

Verse 5
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F F 
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this I heard just the other day
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That they came to  buy,
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and you chose to stay
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Dm Dm 
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Soon a child will help you reap and sow
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F F 
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May he cast a long shadow

Verse 6
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But you say the trials are coming,
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you have felt the gathering forces
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And the galloping you hear is
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of one too many horses
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But rest your head my darling girl,
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C C 
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there won't be any danger
F F 
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Any Christian ever loved an
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in  fant in a manger
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Saves the baby. They'll save the baby

Interlude 1

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Verse 7
Am Am 
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Now the pastor comes,
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shakes the farmer's hand
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Says, "The earth will bear
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like the promised land"
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You have heard the stories down below
C C 
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But God will bless this farm
hollow?
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Verse 8
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F F 
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Now the farmer's wife shudders,
Dm Dm 
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pulls the shawl up to her shoulder
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Every time she nears the hearth
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she feels a little colder
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Where's the baby? There was a baby