Key: G major
Verse 1
C
G
when they are both foreground,
C
G
D
Of all the trees that are in the wood,
G
D
G
the holly bears the crown.
O the rising of the sun,
C
D
G
and the running of the deer,
D
G
The playing of the merry organ,
D
G
sweet singing in the choir.
Blue holly bends the blossom,
Em
C
G
Bm
as white as the new moon,
D
C
D
And bearing for us sweet Jesus Christ,
O the rising of the sun,
C
D
Bm
and the running of the deer,
D
G
sweet singing in the choir,
The holly bears her bearing,
as red as any blood,
G
D
G
to do poor sinners good.
O the rising of the sun,
Em
C
D
G
and the running of the deer,
D
G
The playing of the merry organ,
D
G
sweet singing in the choir.
The holly bears a prickle
as sharp as any thorn,
D
G
D
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
O the rising of the sun,
C
D
and the running of the deer,
D
G
sweet singing in the choir.
The holly and the ivy,
now they are both full grown,
D
Em
G
C
G
Of all the trees that are in the wood,
D
G
the holly bears the crown.
O the rising of the sun,
C
D
G
and the running of the deer,
D
G
The playing of the merry organ,
G
D
G
sweet singing in the choir.
Oh, the rising of the sun,
C
D
G
and the running of the deer,
The playing of the merry organ,
D
G
sweet singing in the choir.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C D Em Bm
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