Chords with lyrics
On the charts in 1964.
(Capo 1st fret.)
#1.
D7D7
A augmentedA time to be reaping, a time to be sowing,
B7B7
the green leaves of summer are calling me home.
G+G
T'was so good to be young then, in the season of plenty.
B7B7
When the catfish were jumping as high as the sky.
#2.
D7D7
A augmentedA time just for planting and a time just for plowing.
B7B7
A augmentedA time to be courting, a girl of your own.
G+G
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the Earth.
E minorEm
And to stand by your wife, at the mo..ment of birth.
#3.
D7D7
A augmentedA time to be reaping, a time to be sowing.
B7B7
The green leaves of Summer are callin' me home.
G+G
T'was so good to be young then, with the sweet smell of apples,
B7B7
And the Owl in the Pine tree a-winking his eye.
#4.
D7D7
A augmentedA time just for planting, a time just for ploughing.
B7B7
A augmentedA time just for living, a place for to die.
G+G
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the Earth,
E minorEm
Now the green leaves of Summer are call..ing me home.
OUTRO:
G+G
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the Earth,
E minorEm
Now the green leaves of Summer are calling me home.
A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
