Leaves That Are Green

F Gm C F F A# C F F Gm C F I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song C F G C <---F and G on this line are quarter notes. I'm twenty-three now, but I won't be for long A# C Time hurries on F C A# C F And the leaves that are green turn to brown Dm And they wither with the wind Gm C 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 turn to brown And they wither with the wind And they crumble in your hand. F Dm C F Hello, hello, hello, hello F A# C F Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye A# C That's all there is F C A# C F And the leaves that are green turn to brown.