Leaves Of Grass chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - Leaves of Grass


CAPO: 4th Fret



INTRO:: C Csus4 C Csus4

VERSE 1::
  C     G     C
The leaves of grass will not pass on
           F     G  C
Though the millstones grind them into dust
          F    G    C
For the earth shall give new life to them
  F    Dm     G     C   Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more

CHORUS::
    C     G    C     G
And the brave must fall to honour the names
    C          Dm  G
Of the ones who have gone before
    C      F    G    C
And the earth shall give new life to them
  F    Dm     G     C   Csus4 C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more


VERSE 2::
  C      G     C
If people could look into each other's eyes
         F     G      C
What a wonderful place this world would be
         F       G   C
All strife would end, we could start again
  F      Dm     G    C  Csus4
And dreams like these must not pass on


CHORUS::
    C     G     C     G
But the brave keep falling to honour the names
    C          Dm  G
Of the ones who have gone before
    C      F    G    C
And the earth shall give new life to them
  F    Dm     G     C   Csus4 C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more


INSTRUMENTAL:: C G C  F G C  F G C F Dm G C Csus4


CHORUS::
    C     G     C     G
And the brave keep falling to honour the names
    C          Dm  G
Of the ones who have gone before
    C      F    G    C
And the earth shall give new life to them
  F    Dm     G     C   Csus4 C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more


VERSE 3::
  C     G     C
The leaves of grass will not pass on
           F     G  C
Though the millstones grind them into dust
          F    G    C
For the earth shall give new life to them
  F    Dm     G     C  Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C