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