Dar Williams

Holly Tree

Dar Williams

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Holly Tree

Written by Dar Williams

	  		


Intro: Am 

                             F 
When the robin builds in the holly tree 
       Am                       F 
It's a sign of life, its gentle victory 
        C               Dm 
Well, today as I set to go 
        C                  F 
I saw a nest in a tree hollow 


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



Here's the tansy and the chamomile 
  Dm 
A tea for you to drink 
F 
As the pain increases, oh 
    Dm 
You only have to think 
        Em 
About a baby, we'll save the baby 


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


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



But you say the trials are coming 
         Dm 
You have felt the gathering forces 
        F 
And the galloping you hear 
      Dm 
Is of one too many horses 


    F 
But rest your head my darling girl 
      Dm 
There won't be any danger 
F 
Any person ever loved 
   Dm 
An infant in a manger 
          Em 
Saves the baby, save the baby 


Instrumental: Am  F  Am  F  C  Dm  C  F  Am 


                                 F 
Now the pastor comes, shakes the farmer's hand 
           Am                        F 
Says, ??The earth will bear, like the promised land 
         C                        Dm 
You have heard the stories down below 
                C                   F     Dm  Am  C 
But nature will bless this farm hollow.? 


        F 
Now the farmer's wife shudders 
          Dm 
Pulls the shawl up to her shoulder 
F 
Every time she nears the hearth 
    Dm 
She feels a little colder 
            Em          
Where's the baby? There was a baby 


OUTRO: Am  F  Am  F  C  Dm  C  F  Am 
		  

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