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