Capo V

C Dm 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      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
        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
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
        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      Am     G      C
Hello, hello, hello, hello
C        F        G        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.

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