Key: C major
Verse 1
by the stones and leaves,
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G
Stands a wild boar before the priest.
I will rest my bones by the seven seas,
I will pray for all before my feet
O 'er the yew -tree stands,
on sacred grounds
by the stars and the years
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G
F
G
F
Stands a wild boar before the breeze
For the coming of Christian time.
O 'er the yew -tree -stands,
on sacred grounds,
by the stones I'll meet,
He stands a while more be
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G
F
G
F
G
fore the breeze.
It was by a dame, by a sharpened blade,
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G
In a single stroke took away my head,
And away it fell upon my head,
Now I am to fetch it back again.
Over your tree stands, on sacred grounds,
by the stars and leaves,
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G
F
G
F
Stand subile, or before the breeze.
See my head until the shoulders meet.
O 'er the yew -tree stands,
on sacred grounds,
by the stone's alleys,
Stands a wild boar be
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G
F
G
fore the breeze.
And the people see how the milk and wine,
For the coming of a Christian time.
O 'er the yew -tree -stands,
on sacred grounds,
by the stones uneased,
Stands a wild boar before the priest.
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ChordsG F C
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