Autumn Leaves Chords

KeyD#m Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays806

Autumn Leaves by Eva Cassidy is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D#m with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Dm7, G, C, F7, E7, Am, G7, Fmaj7, Am9, Esus, E, D/F#, E/G#, Am7, Am/G and Am/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			 to play along with Eva. 
 
This sounds very much like her version if you fingerpick it. 
 
Dm7   G    C     F7    E7    Am 
 
Am          Dm7     G7   (Fiddly bit)C       Fmaj7 
The falling leaves,      drift by my window. 
 
Dm7         E7                      Am    (slide Am to 4th fret then back to Am9 
The falling leaves,      of red and gold. 
 
Am         Dm7   G7 (Fiddly bit)C       Fmaj7    
I see your lips,    the summer  kisses. 
 
              Dm7    E7        Am  (Slide) 
The sunburned hands, I used to hold. 
 
 
          Esus              E      D/F#  E/G#    Am7    (slide) 
Since you went away......  the days grow long. 
 
      Dm7             G         C                  Fmaj7
And soon I'll hear... old winters song.  
 
      Dm7            E7                               Am  Am/G Am/F#   F7
But I miss you...    most of  all... my darling. 
 
            E7              Am (Slide.) 
When autumn leaves start to fall . 
 
INSTRUMENTAL. 
 
Repaeat last verse. 
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Not figured how to combine chords and tab together yet 
 
Fiddly bits. First number is the string/then the fret. 
 
G                (2/1  5/0)       3/0       (2/3  5/2)   3/0    C chord 1st and 5th                                                  
           Drift by                              my                     window 
 
Eva uses this in Over the rainbow. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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100 BPM Andante