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Autumn Leaves
Music by Joseph Kosma, Words by Johnny Mercer - 1947
Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1955, played for 16 weeks.
 Chorus:
Am                 D                   G                 C
Am B Em -
Am D G C
Am B Em -                  
B - Em -
Am D G -
Am B Em -
Am B Em -       (repeat)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
This song is in the key of Em.
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The falling leaves drift by the window,
The autumn leaves of red and gold.
I see your lips the summer kisses,
The sunburned hands I used to hold.
Since you went away the days grow long,
And soon I'll hear old winter's song.
But I miss you most of all my darling,
When Autumn Leaves start to fall.
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Watch John Green play "Autumn Leaves" on the plectrum banjo (youtube)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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