Chords for Oak, Broom, And Meadowsweet

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_ _ _ _ _ Gather [D] round people, [Em] let me spring [Bm] you a tale [E] Of a [D] mother's anger and a curse doomed [Em] to _
fail.
_ _ Harry [D] and Hots, baby, [Em] whom she [Bm] did disown, _ _ [Em] _
[D] Gwydion stole him to raise [Em] as his own.
_ _ _ Now the boy [D]
grew [Em] to be strong [Bm] and brave, [E] But his [D] mother cursed him not to be given [Em] a name.
_ _ _ _ [E] When he [D] cast a stone [E] where her end [Bm] it did land, [Em] She said, the [D] young lion has a [Em] steady
hand.
[G] Call the may, [D] call the may, [Em] call the may, [Bm] call the may.
_ [F#] Gather [D] round people and call [Em] him the may.
_ [G] Call the may, [D] call the may, [Em] call the may, [Bm] call the may.
_ [E]
Gather [D] round people and call [Em] him the may.
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_ _ _ _ So she [D] laid upon [E] him a new [Bm] destiny, _ You [E] shall never [D] have any weapons unless given [Em] by _ me.
_ _ _ Then a [D] phantom army [E] by [Bm] Gwydion's charge _ [Em]
Forced [D] Arianrhod to give up [Em] his _ arms.
_ _ _ [E] Then in [D] rage and torment [E] she laid [Bm] down this curse,
You [Em] shall never [D] marry a woman of the race [Em] of the earth.
_ _ _ But [D] Gwydion and [Em] Maffpanter boiled [Bm] her hate, And [E] with the herds [D] of the forest they twisted [Em] his fate.
[G] Call the may, [D] call the may, [Em] call the may, [Bm] call the may.
[F#] Gather [D] round people and call [Em] him the may.
_ [G] Call the may, [D] call the may, [Em] call the may, [Bm] call the may.
_ [E]
Gather [D] round people and call [Em] him the may. _
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_ _ _ _ So they gathered [D] from the forest, [Em] from the grove [Bm] where they meet, _ _
Flowers [D] of old broom and [Em] meadow _ sweet, _ _ _ And [D] uttering upon [E] them a [Bm] verse of power,
[E] A bigger [D] began to form from [Em] the _ flowers.
_ _ _ Oh, [D] rise and wake, [E] fairest lady [Bm] of spring, _ _ [E]
Come and [D] be wed to the _ [Em] forest king.
_ _ _ _ Flower faces [D] your name, [E] sweet [Bm] lord, I wear, [E] You [D] carry life within [Em] your breath.
[G] Call the may, [D] call the may, [Em] call the may, [Bm] call the may.
_ Gather [D] round people and call [Em] him the may.
_ [G] Call the may, [D] call the may, [Em] call the may, [Bm] call the may.
_ [Em]
Gather [D] round people and call [Em] him the may.
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_ _ _ [Em] _ Come, oh, broom and meadow sweet, Come, oh, broom and meadow sweet,
[D] Come, oh, broom and meadow [E] sweet, Come, hoff on, come, may.
[Em] Come, oh, broom and meadow sweet, Come, oh, broom and meadow [D] sweet,
Come, oh, broom and meadow [E] sweet, Come, [Em] blotted wet, come, wet.
Come, oh, broom and meadow sweet, Come, oh, broom and meadow [D] sweet,
Come, oh, broom and meadow [Em] sweet, Come, hoff on, come, may.
Come, oh, broom and meadow sweet, Come, oh, broom and meadow [D] sweet,
Come, oh, broom and meadow [Em] sweet, Come, blotted wet, come, wet.
[D] Call the may, [D] call the may, [Em] call the may, [Bm] call the may.
_ [F#]
Gather [D] round people and call [Em] him the may. _
[G] Call the may, [D] call the may, [Em] call the may, [Bm]
call the may.
_ [Em] Gather [D] round people and call [Em] him the may. _ _ _ _
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