King Henry

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STEELEYE SPAN - KING HENRY

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VERSE 1

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    Am          G
Let never a man wooing wend
     Am      G      E
That lacketh things three,
  Am
A store of gold, an open heart,
            G    Am
And full of charity;
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And this was seen of King Henry
       Am            E
Though he lay quite alone,
         Am        G    Am      E
For he's taken him to a haunted hall
Am          G        E
Seven miles from the town.


VERSE 2

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     Am                  G
He's chased the deer now him before
        Am       G      E
And the doe down by the den
         Am
Till the fattest buck in all the 
flock
           G      Am
King Henry he has slain.
His huntsmen followed him to the 
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hall
   Am              E
To make them burly cheer,
     Am       G        Am       
When loud the wind was heard to 
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sound
       Am         G          E
And an earthquake rocked the floor.


VERSE 3

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    Am               G
And darkness covered all the hall
      Am       G        E
Where they sat at their meat,
    Am
The grey dogs, yowling, left their 
food
             G       Am
And crept to Henry's feet.
                             G
And louder howled the rising wind
    Am                 E
And burst the fastened door,
    Am       G      Am     E
And in there came a grisly ghost
Am       G      E
Stamping on the floor.


VERSE 4

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    Am                     G
Her head hit the roof-tree of the 
house
    Am         G         E
Her middle you could not span,
     Am
Each frightened huntsmen fled the 
hall
             G     Am
And left the king alone,
Her teeth were like the tether 
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stakes,
    Am                E
Her nose like club or mell,
    Am      G        Am        E
And nothing less she seemed to be
       Am         G          E
Than a fiend that comes from hell.


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Verses 5 to 8 are all Am...
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VERSE 5 - Am

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Some meat, some meat you King Henry,
Some meat you give to me,
Go kill your horse you King Henry
And bring him here to me;
He's gone and slain his berry brown 
steed
Though it made his heart full sore,
For she's eaten up both skin and 
bone,
Left nothing but hide and hair.


VERSE 6 - Am

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More meat, more meat you King Henry
More meat you give to me,
Go kill your grey-hounds King Henry
And bring them here to me;
And when he's slain his good 
grey-hounds,
It made his heart full sore,
She's eaten up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but hide and hair.


VERSE 7 - Am

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More meat, more meat you King Henry,
More meat you give to me,
Go fell your goss-hawks King Henry
And bring them here to me;
And when he's slain his gay 
goss-hawks,
It made his heart full sore,
She's eaten them up both skin and 
bone,
Left nothing but feathers bare.


VERSE 8 - Am

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Some drink, some drink now King 
Henry,
Some drink you give to me,
Oh you sew up your horse's hide
And bring in a drink to me;
And he's sewn up the bloody hide,
And a pipe of wine put in,
And she's drank up all in one 
draught
Left never a drop therein.


VERSE 9

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  Am             G
A bed, a bed now King Henry,
  Am         G        E
A bed you'll make for me,
   Am
Oh you must pull the heather green
            G        Am
And make it soft for me;
                              G
And pulled has he the heather green
    Am       G     E
And made for her a bed,
    Am        G      Am     E
And taken has he his gay mantle
    Am      G      E
And o'er it he has spread.


VERSE 10

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     Am                   G
Take off your clothes now King Henry
    Am       G     E
And lie down by my side,
    Am
Now swear, now swear you King Henry
           G        Am
To take me for your bride.
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Oh God forbid, says King Henry,
     Am       G      E
That ever the like betide,
     Am     G          Am         
That ever a fiend that comes from 
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hell
       Am           G     E
Should stretch down by my side.


VERSE 11

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         Am                     G
When the night was gone and the day 
was come
        Am        G           E
And the sun shone through the hall,
    Am
The fairest lady that ever was seen
            G           Am
Lay between him and the wall.
                            G
I've met with many a gentle knight
     Am      G      E
That gave me such a fill,
    Am      G           Am        
But never before with a courteous 
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knight
     Am      G      E
That gave me all my will.