Autumn This Year Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays387

Autumn This Year by Steve Forbert is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, D, E, A and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: 
           Bm    D     E        Bm    D     E
1 2 3 4 Ba da ba da ba daaa  ba da ba da ba daaa 

 Verso 1:
A           Bm            D         E 
Autumn this year is gonna break my heart 
A           Bm            D         E 
Leaves start fallin and the feelin starts 
A           Bm            D         E 
Days turn shorter and the nights turn cool 
D                           E 
And children walk home from school 
D                           E 
And children walk home from school 

Bm    D     E 
Ba da ba da ba da 

 Verso 2:
A           Bm            D         E 
Blue skys clearer when that old mill stream 
A           Bm            D         E 
Flows cold water down a clean pipe dream 
A           Bm            D         E 
Airs like apples in the mild day sun 
D                        E 
When summertimes race has run 
D                        E 
When summertimes race has run 


F#m 
It gets in your throat 
      E 
That melancholy mood 
      D 
Its bound to make you sadder 
         E 
But its good soul food 
   Bm    D     E       Bm    D     E 
Ba da ba da ba daaa ba da ba da ba daaa 

Verso 3:
A           Bm            D         E 
Round moons yellow and its gold light glows 
A           Bm            D         E 
Bare, black branches in a blind breeze blow 
A           Bm            D         E 
Old folk fables tend to talk like wine 
D                          E 
And younger times haunt my mind 
A           Bm            D          E 
Halloween comes and its the last sweet night 
A           Bm            D         E 
Everything changes in the next days light 
A           Bm            D         E 
One tough cricket sings his last lone song 
D                        E 
And wintertime comes on strong 
D                        E 
And wintertime comes on strong 


F#m 
It gets in your throat 
      E 
That melancholy mood 
      D 
Its bound to make you sadder 
         E 
But its good soul food 
F#m 
It gets in your throat 
      E 
That melancholy mood 
      D 
Its bound to make you feel sadder 
         E             E  
But its good soul food now 

Harmonica 
|A  Bm  |D  E  |  (3x)
|Bm  D  |E    |Bm   D  |E  | 


F#m 
It gets in your throat 
      E 
That melancholy mood 
      D 
Its bound to make you sadder 
         E 
But its good soul food 
F#m 
It gets in your throat 
      E 
That melancholy mood 
      D 
Its bound to make you feel sadder 
         E 
But its good soul food 

Outro 
  Bm    D    E      
A ha a  ha a haaa  
  Bm    D    E      
A ha a  ha a haaa  
  Bm    D    E      
A ha a  ha a haaa  
  Bm    D    E      
A ha a  ha a haaa  
    Bm    D    E      
Ooh hoo a ha a haaa  
  Bm    D    E      
A ha a  ha a haaa  
    Bm    D    E      
Ooh hoo a ha a haaa  
  Bm    D    E      
A ha a  ha a haaa 
    	

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