G
And all shall fade
G
The flowers of spring
     Dm
The world and all the sorrow
        C
At the heart of everything

G
But still it stays
G
The butterfly sings
     Dm
And opens purple summer
            C
With the flutter of its wings

      Cm  G7sus4	 Cm  G7sus4   G
The Earth  will wave with   corn
	Cm  G7sus4  Cm   G7sus4   G
The   gray-  fly  choir will  mourn
      Cm  G7sus4	 Cm   G7sus4
And  mares will neigh  with
G	   F	       Eb    Bb		C
Stallions that they mate, foals they've borne
Bb			F		G
And all shall know the wonder of purple summer

G
And yet I wait
G
The swallow brings
   Dm
A song too hard to follow
     C
That no one else can sing

G
The fences sway
G
The porches swing
     Dm
The clouds begin to thunder
          C  
Crickets wander, murmuring

     Cm   G7sus4	 Cm  G7sus4   G
The Earth  will wave  with  corn
     Cm  G7sus4	Cm   G7sus4   G
The gray- fly  choir will  mourn
      Cm   G7sus4   Cm   G7sus4
And  mares  will  neigh  with
G	   F	     Eb    Bb		C
Stallions that they mate, foals they've born

Bbsus			F
And all shall know the wonder
Bbsus		G
I will sing the song of purple summer
Bbsus			F
All shall know the wonder
Bbsus		G
I will sing the song of purple summer
Bbsus			F		G
All shall know the wonder of purple summer.