Verse
A# F Gm Dm
Childhood came to me again
A# F Gm Dm
The dust and cobwebs left a pain
D# Dm G# D#
That ploughed the furrows of the dead
A# F Gm Dm
And burning woodsmoke filled my head
A# F Gm Dm
And autumn gold burnt out my eyes
D# Dm G# D#
And left me with no alibis
A# F Gm Dm
Naked as the stars I was
A# F Gm Dm
Lonely as the sky and lost
D# Dm G# D#
The fading light is treating still
A# F Gm Dm
And always did and always will
A# F Gm Dm
And all my life is contained in this
D# Dm G# D# Dm
The key to each and every wish
G Dm A A# F
Cried… cried! Yes I cried
D# A G F C A# Gm Dm
Oh so tears they rolled down and down and down ‘til I died
G Dm A A# F D# A G
Died… Died! Yes I died, oh so Lordy they buried me
F C A# Gm D
I went down and down ‘til I cried
Dm
Autumn spread the wings to fold me
Dm
Autumn spread the wings to hold me
[Verse]
G C
And take me back
G
Everyone would be there
A# 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
A# F
Their laughter filled the air
C G C F C F C F C
Everybody was there
G
And everybody was there
A# F
Their laughter filled the air
C G
Everybody was there
Fm
And Autumn returned
A# Fm D# A# F Gm Dm
Autumn returned Oh… oh…
A# F Gm Dm
Childhood came to me again
A# F Gm Dm
The dust and cobwebs left a pain
D# Dm Fm D#
That ploughed the furrows of the dead
A# F Gm Dm
And burning woodsmoke filled my head
G Dm A A# F
Cried… cried! Yes I cried
D# A G F C A# Gm Dm
Oh so tears the rolled down and down and down ‘til I died
G Dm A A# F D# A G
Died… Died! Yes I died, oh so Lordy they buried me
F C A# Gm
I went down and down ‘til I cried
Dm
Autumn spread the wings to fold me
A# Dm
Autumn spread the wings to hold me