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 .
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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