The Last Leaf chords by Blackmore's Night

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Dm C Dm Am Dm Bb Dm Am Dm

Verse:
           Am     Dm
There's a tree in an open field
            Am  Dm
Branches reach for the sun
          C        Am
With the green of a thousand leaves
   Bb       C   Dm
And a world that has just begun

Verse:
           Am     Dm
For the springtime is here again
          Am   Dm
Buds and blossoms abound
      C      Am
Promises of future days
    Bb      C  Bb  A   Dm
And new life that is all around___

Chorus:
    C     Bb  C  Dm
See the last leaf shivering
    Bb    Dm C
As the winds did blow__
Dm   C    Bb    C
Holding tight to what she knew
Dm   C   Bb C Dm   Am Dm
Fear of the unknown_____

Verse:
             Am     Dm
Soon the spring turned to summertime
        Am  Dm
She could never deny
         C       Am
How she loved her home up there
   Bb    C     Dm
In between the earth and sky

Verse:
          Am       Dm
Still to drift on a summer breeze
         Am  Dm
Was to taste paradise
           C      Am
But that summer would turn to fall
    Bb      C    Bb A  Dm
And the autumn would turn to ice___

Chorus:
    C     Bb  C  Dm
See the last leaf shivering
    Bb    Dm C
As the winds did blow__
Dm   C    Bb    C
Holding tight to what she knew
Dm   C   Bb C Dm
Fear of the unknown____

Instrumental:
Bb C Dm  Bb Am Dm
Bb C Dm  Bb Dm A  Dm


Verse:
         Am      Dm
In the harvest of golden days
            Am  Dm
Leaves were turning to fire
         C       Am
Dancing upon the autumn breeze
    Bb     C    Dm
Like a princess on the high wire

Verse:
            Am      Dm
One by one, though, the dancers dove
         Am   Dm
Spiralling to the ground
         C      Am
Carried off on a winter wind
   Bb     C   Bb  A  Dm
Disappearing without a sound___

Chorus:
    C     Bb  C  Dm
See the last leaf shivering
    Bb    Dm C
As the winds did blow__
Dm   C    Bb    C
Holding tight to what she knew
Dm   C   Bb C  Dm
Fear of the unknown__

Verse:
    C    Bb    C   Dm
So the last leaf took to flight
    Bb    Dm C
As the winds did blow___
Dm   C    Bb     C  Dm
Holding tight to what could be
    C    Bb A Dm
Finally letting go________