Autumn SongCopyright 2000 Stan Lynessslow 4/4 choral or folk voices |
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"Come Ye Thankful" riff: ( G Am ) ( D Em7 ) ( A9 Em7 ) ( D A ) D7
( G C ) ( D G )
Ere the winter storms arrive,
( C G ) ( C D7 )
before we turn to winter's chore
( G C ) ( D G )
to keep ourselves and love alive
Em7 ( Am7 D )
another season more,
( G C ) ( D G )
for hills and fields and fencerows stained
( C G ) ( C D7 )
from gleaming palettes unrestrained,
( G C ) ( D Em7 )
come fill the crisp air all day long
( G D7 ) G
with joyous autumn song!
C Am
For chlorophyll that builds these trees,
( D Em ) ( A7 D )
then dying, dyes their leaves in reveries of orange and scarlet,
C Am
then throws them to October's breeze,
( Am6 G6 ) ( A7 D9 )
of use to us and trees no more except as forest carpet.
( G C ) ( D G )
Sing! for countless leafy walks
( C G ) ( C D7 )
beneath the swirling southbound flocks
( G C ) ( D7 G )
each sweetened by the false fall fear
( Gm Em7 ) ( Am7 D )
it's over for the year.
instrumental: C Am ( Am6 G6 ) ( A7 D9 )
( G C ) ( D G )
Get out your sweater, cap and scarf;
( C G ) ( C D7 )
come meet me in the nearest park.
( G C ) ( D Em7 )
I've packed a picnic lunch for two -
( G D7 ) G
fall feasts for me and you.
C Am
We'll take cheap wine to break the chill,
( D Em ) ( A7 D )
then overfill our mugs from thermos jugs of steaming cider.
C Am
For there was never air so dry,
( Am6 G6 ) ( A7 D9 )
nor autumn skies so blue, and autumn hues were never brighter.
"Come Ye Thankful" riff: G ( C G ) G ( A7 B7 )
( G C ) ( D G )
Ere the winter storms are raised
( C G ) ( C D7 )
and summer screens to cellars gone,
( G C ) ( D G )
come lift your mug and voice in praise
( G C ) ( D G )
for hues which set the hills ablaze;
( G C ) ( D G )
come fill distilled diminished days
( G D7 ) G
with joyous autumn song!