Em A7 D
I was twenty one years when I wrote this song
G C D
I'm twenty two now but I won't be for long
G A7
Time hurries on
D C G Em7 A7 D
And the leaves that are green___ turn to brown
Bm
And they wither with the wind
Em7 A7
And they crumble in your hand
Once my heart was filled with a love of a girl
I held her close but she faded in the night
Like a poem I meant to write
And the leaves that are green turn to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
D Em A7 D
I threw a pebble in a brook
G C D
And watched the ripples run a-way
G A7
And they never made a sound
And the leaves that are green turned to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
Hello, hello, hello
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
That's all there is
And the leaves that are green turned to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
(Coda:) D Bm A7 A