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