[Intro]
C Dm G C
C F G C
[Verse]
C                Dm           G          C 
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song 
    C                     F     G      C 
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long 
F            G 
Time hurries on
[Chorus]
        C      G        F  G          C 
And the leaves that are green turn to brown 
         Am 
And they wither with the wind 
         Dm              G 
And they crumble in your hand.
[Verse]
C                 Dm              G         C 
Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl 
  C                       F     G      C 
I held her close, but she faded in the night 
F                      G 
Like a poem I meant to write
[Chorus]
        C      G        F  G          C 
And the leaves that are green turn to brown 
         Am 
And they wither with the wind 
         Dm              G 
And they crumble in your hand.
[Verse]
C         Dm     G    C 
I threw a pebble in a brook 
C               F       G     C 
And watched the ripples run away 
F                     G 
And they never made a sound
[Chorus]
        C      G        F  G          C 
And the leaves that are green turn to brown 
         Am 
And they wither with the wind 
         Dm              G 
And they crumble in your hand.  
C      Dm     G      C 
Hello, hello, hello, hello 
C        Em       F        C 
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye  
F                G 
That's all there is 
        C      G        F  G          C 
And the leaves that are green turn to brown.