The Green Leaves of Summer Chords
The Green Leaves of Summer by Brothers Four is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, A, E, G, C, Dm and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
( Am A )
Oooooooooooh, oooh ooh.....
Am E Am G
A time to be reaping, a time to be sowing
C Dm B7 E
The green leaves of summer are calling me home
C Dm G C
It was good to be young then in the season of plenty
Am E Am E
When the catfish were jumping as high as the sky.
Am E Am G
A time just for planting, a time just for plowing
C Dm B7 E
A time to be courting a girl of your own
C Dm G C
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the earth
Am E Am E
And to stand by your wife, at the moment of birth.
Am E Am G
A time to be reaping, a time to be sowing
C Dm B7 E
A time just for living, a place for to die.
C Dm G C
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the earth
Am E Am E Am
Now the green leaves of Summer are calling me home
C Dm G C
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the earth
Am E Am E Am
Now the green leaves of Summer are calling me home
( Am A )
Ooooooooooooooh, oooh oooh..
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