A Faded Summer Love Chords
A Faded Summer Love by Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Em7, Dm7, G7, C, B7, A7, D7, Ab, G, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em7 Dm7 G7
C B7
Leaves come tumbling down 'round my head
C A7
Some of them are brown, some are red
D7 G7
Beautiful to see, but reminding me
C Ab G C
Of a faded summer love
C B7
Swaying high above in the trees
C A7
They were so in love with the breeze
D7 G7
Now the autumn wind brings to them the end
C Ab G C
Of a faded summer love
Dm Em Dm G7
I'm like the poor leaves that sway with the breeze
C
I thought that life was sweet
Dm Em Dm G7
You are the sweet breeze that tried hard to please
D7 G7
Then swept me off my feet
C B7
Summer morning dew turns to frost
C A7
Leaves that once were new pay the cost
D7 G7
Beautiful to see, but reminding me
C Ab G C
Of a faded summer love
Interlude: C B7 C A7 D7 G7 C Ab G C B7 C A7 D7 G7 C Ab G C
Dm Em Dm G7
I'm like the poor leaves that sway with the breeze
C
I thought that life was sweet
Dm Em Dm G7
You are the sweet breeze that tried hard to please
D7 G7
Then swept me off my feet
C B7
Summer morning dew turns to frost
C A7
Leaves that once were new pay the cost
D7 G7
Beautiful to see, but reminding me
C Ab G C
Of a faded summer love