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