Spring and Fall: To a Young Child
Natalie MerchantVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
Margaret, are you grieving
Over golden grove unleaving? By and by
Leaves, like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh, by and by
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
And yet you will weep and know why.
Now no matter, child, the name:
Sorrows' springs are all the same. They're all the same.
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
It is the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret that you mourn for.
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Readable chord sheet for Spring and Fall: To a Young Child by Natalie Merchant
[C]Margaret,[D] are you grieving [G]Over golden gr[C]ove unleaving? [Em]By and by [C]Leaves, like the thi[D]ngs of man, you [G]With your fresh thoughts ca[C]re for, can you? [Em] [C]Ah! as the he[D]art grows older [G]It will come to such sig[C]hts colder [Em]By and by, nor sp[D]are a sigh, b[C]y and by [C]Though worlds of wa[D]nwood leafmeal l[G]ie; And yet you will we[C]ep and know w[Em]hy. Now no ma[D]tter, child, the name: Sor[C]rows' springs are all the same. They're all the s[Em]ame. [C]Nor mouth had, n[D]o nor mind, expr[G]essed What heart he[C]ard of, ghost gue[Em]ssed: [C]It is the blight m[D]an was born for, [G]It is Margaret [C]that you mourn for. [Em]