Leaves That Are Green
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I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song,
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long,
Time hurries on,
And the leaves that are green turn to brown.
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl,
I held her close, but she faded in the night,
Like a poem I meant to write,
And the leaves that are green turn to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
I threw a pebble in a brook,
And watched the ripples run away,
And they never made a sound,
And the leaves that are green turned to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
Hello, hello, hello, hello,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
That's all there is,
And the leaves that are green turned to brown.
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Readable chord sheet for Leaves That Are Green by Simon And Garfunkel
[Em]I was twen[A7]ty-one years wh[D]en I wrote this song, I'm twenty-two now, but I w[G]on't [C]be for lo[D]ng, Time hurries [A7]on, And the le[D]aves t[C]hat are [G]gr[Em7]een t[A7]urn to br[D]own. And they w[Bm]ither with the wind, And they c[Em7]rumble in your hand. [D]Once my heart was f[Em]illed with[A7] the love of a [D]girl, I held her close, but she f[G]aded [C]in the ni[D]ght, Like a poem I meant to w[A7]rite, And the le[D]aves t[C]hat are [G]gr[Em7]een t[A7]urn to br[D]own, And they wi[Bm]ther with the wind, And they cr[Em7]umble in your hand. I th[D]rew a p[Em]ebble [A7]in a b[D]rook, And watched the ripples r[G]un [C]aw[D]ay, And they n[G]ever made a s[A7]ound, And the lea[D]ves th[C]at are g[G]re[Em7]en tu[A7]rned to b[D]rown, And they wi[Bm]ther with the wind, And they cr[Em7]umble in your hand. [D]Hello, [Em]hello, he[A7]llo, h[D]ello, Goodb[D]ye, goodbye, good[G]bye, g[C]oodb[D]ye, [G]That's all there [A7]is, And the lea[D]ves th[C]at are g[G]re[Em7]en tu[A7]rned to b[D]rown.