Chords for Solstice Evergreen

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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ It came as a scene from an old picture postcard of Victorian [F] ladies [Gm] with skates on their [Dm] _ feet.
[Gm] The ponds frozen over [Eb] and bowels hung with ice tips, and through [Bb] frosty panes [F] watched
the snow [Gm] endlessly.
_ [Eb] And the smoke ventured out from the [Bb] soot blackened chimneys and [Cm] shimmered beneath [G] an icy [Gm] cold moon.
But inside Nevergreen stands in the corner and a [Gm] bright blazing fire [F] to keep out [Gm] the gloom. _
_ [Eb] There's holly and [Gm] ivy and white mistleberry.
[Eb] The sun [Bb] is in hiding, his face he can't show.
[Eb] So fill up [Gm] your glasses so we can [F] be merry while rosy [Gm] red cheeks by the firelight glow.
_ _ Under the streetlights they'll gather together, the shivering voices will ring out the song.
Singin' the yule, regardless of weather, and brighten the darkness all the night [Eb] long.
And the marmas perform their plays from the ages.
In comes King George, a man of [Gm] courage bold.
While out in the orchards we'll go off sailing, and stop once by sighted to keep out the cold.
_ _ There's holly and [G] ivy and white mistleberry.
The [Bb] sun is in hiding, his face he can't show.
So fill up your glasses [Gm] so we can be merry while rosy red cheeks by the firelight glow. _ _ _
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_ _ _ The holly and [Eb] oak king are now changing places, and Jack Frost is wearing [Gm] his new winter vest.
While under the wood pile old Jack Green is sleeping, to awaken the spring from his long busy rest.
[Eb] So on the yule tide [Gm] we'll gather together, beneath the sign of the ancient gods' horns.
As the new year beckons, through cold misty [Cm] weather, we'll raise a [F] toast as the sun is [Gm] reborn.
_ There's holly and ivy and white [Eb] mistleberry.
The sun [Bb] is in hiding, his face he can't show.
So fill up your glasses so [G] we can be merry while rosy red cheeks by the [Gm] firelight glow.
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It came as a scene from an old picture postcard of Victorian ladies with skates on their feet.
Our palms frozen over in vows, humbly by his tips, and through [Bb] frosty pains watched the snow embers fleet.
[Eb] And the smoke branched out, [Gm] and the soot blackened the [Dm] chimneys and shimmered beneath an [Gm] icy gold moon.
But inside nevergreen stands in the corner, [Cm] and a bright blazing fire to keep [Gm] out the gloom.
_ There's holly and ivy [G] and white mistleberry.
The sun [Bb] is in hiding, his face he can't [Eb] show.
So fill up your glasses so we can [Gm] be merry while rosy red cheeks by the firelight glow.
There's holly and ivy and white mistleberry.
The [Bb] sun is in hiding, [G] his face he can't show.
So fill up your glasses so we can be merry while [Gm] rosy red cheeks by the firelight glow.
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