October Song

G F Am G I'll sing you this October song D7 G There is no song before it F Am G The words and tune are none of my own D7 G For my joys and sorrows bore it F Am G Beside the sea, the brambly briars D7 G In the still of evening F Am G Birds fly out behind the sun D7 G And with them I'll be leaving F Am G The fallen leaves that jewel the ground D7 G They know the art of dying F Am G And leave with joy their glad gold hearts D7 G In the scarlet shadows lying F Am G When hunger calls my footsteps home D7 G The morning follows after F Am G I swim the seas within my mind D7 G And the pine trees laugh green laughter F Am G I used to search for happiness D7 G And I used to follow pleasure F Am G But I found a door behind my mind D7 G And that's the greatest treasure F Am G For rulers like to lay down laws D7 G And rebels like to break them F Am G And the poor priests like to walk in chains D7 G D G And god likes to forsake them F Am G I met a man whose name was Time D7 G And he said I must be going F Am G But just how long ago that was D7 G I have no way of knowing F Am G Sometimes I want to murder Time D7 G Sometimes when my heart's aching F Am G But mostly I just stroll along D7 G The path that he is taking G F Am G D G