Leaves Of Grass Chords
Leaves Of Grass by Gordon Lightfoot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, Csus4, G, F and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C Csus4 C Csus4
verse 1:
C G C
The leaves of grass will not pass on
F G C
Though the millstones grind them into dust
F G C
For the earth shall give new life to them
F Dm G C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more
C G C G
And the brave must fall to honour the names
C Dm G
Of the ones who have gone before
C F G C
And the earth shall give new life to them
F Dm G C Csus4 C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more
verse 2:
C G C
If people could look into each other's eyes
F G C
What a wonderful place this world would be
F G C
All strife would end, we could start again
F Dm G C Csus4
And dreams like these must not pass on
C G C G
But the brave keep falling to honour the names
C Dm G
Of the ones who have gone before
C F G C
And the earth shall give new life to them
F Dm G C Csus4 C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more
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