Leaves that are green Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays645

Leaves that are green by Simon & Garfunkel is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, A7, D, G, C, Em7, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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  			Em         A7           D 
I was twenty one years when I wrote this song 
                        G      C      D 
I'm twenty two now but I won't be for long 
G            A7 
Time hurries on 
        D      C        G    Em7 A7      D 
And the leaves that are green___ turn to brown 
           Bm 
And they wither with the wind 
           Em7           A7 
And they crumble in your hand 
 
Once my heart was filled with a love of a girl  
I held her close but she faded in the night 
Like a poem I meant to write  
And the leaves that are green turn to brown 
And they wither with the wind  
And they crumble in your hand 
 
  D       Em     A7   D 
I threw a pebble in a brook 
                        G   C D 
And watched the ripples run a-way 
           G          A7 
And they never made a sound 
And the leaves that are green turned to brown 
And they wither with the wind  
And they crumble in your hand 
 
Hello, hello, hello 
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye 
That's all there is 
And the leaves that are green turned to brown 
And they wither with the wind  
And they crumble in your hand 
 
(Coda:) D Bm A7 A 
  

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante