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