Verse
D A Bm F#m
Childhood came to me again
D A Bm F#m
The dust and cobwebs left a pain
G F#m C G
That ploughed the furrows of the dead
D A Bm F#m
And burning woodsmoke filled my head
D A Bm F#m
And autumn gold burnt out my eyes
G F#m C G
And left me with no alibis
D A Bm F#m
Naked as the stars I was
D A Bm F#m
Lonely as the sky and lost
G F#m C G
The fading light is treating still
D A Bm F#m
And always did and always will
D A Bm F#m
And all my life is contained in this
G F#m C G F#m
The key to each and every wish
B F#m C# D A
Cried… cried! Yes I cried
G C# B A E D Bm F#m
Oh so tears they rolled down and down and down ‘til I died
B F#m C# D A G C# B
Died… Died! Yes I died, oh so Lordy they buried me
A E D Bm F#
I went down and down ‘til I cried
F#m
Autumn spread the wings to fold me
F#m
Autumn spread the wings to hold me
[Verse]
B E
And take me back
B
Everyone would be there
D A
Their joy would fill the air
E B
Everyone would be there
E
I could stay out at twelve
Turn around enjoying myself
A E
I’d run off quick the smoke was sick, I was there
E
I laughed out night away
In the colors of the smoke and flame
A E
The crackling wood, the noise was good, I was there
B
And everybody was there
D A
Their laughter filled the air
E B E A E A E A E
Everybody was there
B
And everybody was there
D A
Their laughter filled the air
E B
Everybody was there
Am
And Autumn returned
D Am G D A Bm F#m
Autumn returned Oh… oh…
D A Bm F#m
Childhood came to me again
D A Bm F#m
The dust and cobwebs left a pain
G F#m Am G
That ploughed the furrows of the dead
D A Bm F#m
And burning woodsmoke filled my head
B F#m C# D A
Cried… cried! Yes I cried
G C# B A E D Bm F#m
Oh so tears the rolled down and down and down ‘til I died
B F#m C# D A G C# B
Died… Died! Yes I died, oh so Lordy they buried me
A E D Bm
I went down and down ‘til I cried
F#m
Autumn spread the wings to fold me
D F#m
Autumn spread the wings to hold me