Autumn Chords

Verse: Am C G F Driven through by her own sword, Am C G F summer died last night, alone. Am C G F Even the ghosts huddled up for warmth. Am C G F Autumn has come to my hometown. Verse: Am C G F Friendly voices, dead and gone, Am C G F singing, Star of the country down... Am C G F (even the ghosts help raise the barn, Am C G F here, now, in my hometown)

Chorus: F Eb D D C — when, out of the massing Bb G Bb C D that bodes and bides, in the cold west, D C Bb flew a waxwing, who froze G Bb C D and died against my breast! D C And all the while, rain, Bb G like a weed in the tide, Bb C D swans and lists, down C Bb G on the gossiping lawns, Bb C D saying tsk tsk tsk. Verse: Am C G F I may have changed. It's hard to gauge. Am C G F Time won't account for how I've aged. Am C G F Would I could tie your lying tongue, Am C G F who says that leaving keeps you young. Am C G F And I have got no control Am C G F over my heart, over my mind. Am C G F Over the hills, the rainclouds roll. Am C G F I'll winter here, wait for a sign Chorus: F D# D D to cast myself C Bb out, over the water, G Bb C D riven like a wishbone. D You'd hardly guess D C Bb I was my own mother's daughter; G Bb C D I ain't naturally given to roam. D C And I lay low, when I return, and I move Bb G like a gurney Bb C D whose wheels are squeaking, D C alone, here in my home, Bb and I laugh, G when you speak of my Bb C D pleasure-seeking Bridge: Fmaj7 Eb C Bb F G among the tall pines, D C Bb G Bb C D along the lay-lines. Fmaj7 Eb C Bb F G Here, where the loon keens. D C Bb G Bb C D There, where the moon leans. Fmaj7 Eb C Bb F G There where I know my violent love lays down, D C Bb G Bb C D in a row of silent, dove-gray days. C Bb G Bb C D Here, in a row of silent, dove-gray days. Verse: Am C G F Wherever I go, I am snowbound Am C G F by thoughts of him whom I would sun. Am C G F I loved them all, one by one. Am C G F Cannot gain ground, cannot outrun; Am C G F but time marches along. Am C G F You can't always stick around. Am C G F But, when the final count is done, Am G F Em I will be in my hometown. Bb G C I will be in my hometown. Outro: