The Green Leaves Of Summer Chords

The Green Leaves Of Summer:Peter & Gordon.
On the charts in 1964.
 
                (Capo 1st fret.)
#1.
  Em         B7         Em         D7
A time to be reaping, a time to be sowing,
    G               Am         F#7        B7
the green leaves of summer are calling me home.
         E7         Am                 D7        G
T'was so good to be young then, in the season of plenty.
         Em           Am6        C7          B7
When the catfish were jumping as high as the sky.
 
#2.
  Em            B7             Em            D7
A time just for planting and a time just for plowing.
  G          Am          F#7          B7
A time to be courting, a girl of your own.
         E7         Am                D7           G
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the Earth.
       Em            Am           Em  Am6  B7 Em
And to stand by your wife, at the mo..ment of birth.
 
#3.
  Em         B7         Em         D7
A time to be reaping, a time to be sowing.
    G               Am         F#7        B7
The green leaves of Summer are callin' me home.
         E7         Am                   D7             G
T'was so good to be young then, with the sweet smell of apples,
        Em         Am6         C7          B7
And the Owl in the Pine tree a-winking his eye.
 
#4.
  Em            B7          Em            D7
A time just for planting, a time just for ploughing.
  G             Am        F#7          B7
A time just for living, a place for to die.
         E7         Am                D7           G
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the Earth,
        Em              Am         Em    Am6 B7 Em
Now the green leaves of Summer are call..ing me home.
 
OUTRO:
         E7         Am                D7           G
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the Earth,
        Em              Am         Em  Am6 B7 Em  Am6 B7 Em
Now the green leaves of Summer are calling me home.
 
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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