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