Autumn leaves Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays522

Autumn leaves by Roger Williams is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Em9, Am7, D7, Gm7, G6, Am6, B7, B, Em7, D, G, Cdim, A and Em(9). Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Em  Em9   Em     Am7   D7               Gm7   G6 
The  au - tumn leaves       drift by my window, 
 
            Am6   B7               Em  Em9  Em 
The autumn leaves     of red and gold. 
 
Em  Em9   Em   Am7  D7               Gm7      G6 
I   see  your lips,      the summer kisses, 
 
                Am6   B7             Em 
The sunburned hands       I used to hold. 
 
 
  B   Em   B7	                     Em 
Since you went away, the days grow long, 
 
    Em7   Em  D7        D    D7     G 
And soon I'll hear old win - ter's song; 
 
     CdimIV   CdimI     B7      Em   Em9   Em 
But I miss you most of all, my Dar - ling, 
 
      A   Am7   B7               Em   Am7   Am6   Em(9) 
When au - tumn leaves start to fall. 
 
    	

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