Last Leaf chords by Joan Baez

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Intro:
G+G D MajorD G+G G7G7   C majorC C majorC G+G E minorEm   G+G D MajorD G+G G+G


Chorus:
    G+G  D MajorD      G+G  G7G7
I’m the last leaf on the tree
  C majorC
The autumn took the rest
          G+G E minorEm
But it won’t take me
    G+G  D MajorD      G+G
I’m the last leaf on the tree

Instrumental:
G7G7 G+G G+G


Verse 1:
     G+G
When the autumn wind blows
    E minorEm
They’ve already gone
   C majorC
They flutter to the ground
      D MajorD     D7D7
Cause they can’t hang on
      G+G
And there’s nothing in the world
   E minorEm
That I ain’t seen
C majorC                 D MajorD
I greet all the new ones that are coming in green


Chorus:
      G+G  D MajorD      G+G  G7G7
And I’m the last leaf on the tree
  C majorC
The autumn took the rest
         G+G E minorEm
But it won’t take me
    G+G  D MajorD      G+G
I’m the last leaf on the tree

Instrumental:
G+G D MajorD G+G G7G7


Verse 2:
     G+G
Well they say I got staying power
E minorEm
Here on the tree
     C majorC
But I’ve been here since Eisenhower
     D MajorD       D7D7
And I’ve outlived even he


Chorus:
    G+G  D MajorD      G+G  G7G7
I’m the last leaf on the tree
  C majorC
The autumn took the rest
         G+G E minorEm
But it won’t take me
    G+G  D MajorD      G+G
I’m the last leaf on the tree


Instrumental:
G+G G+G D MajorD G+G G7G7   C majorC C majorC G+G E minorEm   G+G D MajorD G+G G+G G+G


Verse 3:
    G+G
Well I fight off the snow
   E minorEm
And I fight off the hail
C majorC
Nothing makes me go
     D MajorD       D7D7
I’m like some vestigial tail
    G+G
And I’ll be here through eternity
    E minorEm
If you want to know how long
    C majorC
If they cut down this tree
     D MajorD    D7D7
I’ll show up in a song


Chorus:
      G+G  D MajorD      G+G  G7G7
And I’m the last leaf on the tree
  C majorC
The autumn took the rest
         G+G E minorEm
But it won’t take me
    G+G  D MajorD
I’m the last leaf
    G+G  C majorC
I’m the last leaf
    G+G  D MajorD      G+G
I’m the last leaf on the tree


Outro:
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G G+G

Last Leaf chords