Tom: G
C D C Am
G D C D
[Verse 1]
G C G
I've only just noticed that the martins have flown
C Am D
And their music has gone from the wire.
G C G
There's still a good hour for the sun to go down
D C G
But already I'm lighting the fire.
C G
And we welcomed the springtime the martins and I,
C D G
Now October will find me alone.
G C
There's a pain in a parting without a goodbye.
G D C G
I've just noticed the martins have flown.
[Interlude]
G D C D
[Verse 2]
G C G
Hear the high lonesome call as the wild geese pass o'er
C Am D
Like a freight train way up in the blue.
G C G
As the arrows of autumn to a far southern shore
D C G
Are flying so straight and so true.
C G
And we're both birds of passage, the graylag and I,
C D G
For the journey is all we have known.
G C
But the long winding road and the vast empty sky
G D C G
Will be there when the wild geese have flown.
[Interlude]
G D C D
[Verse 3]
G C G
And a starburst of chaffinches rise from the wind
C Am D
And scatter like leaves on the air.
G C G
When the summer days end and the autumn begins
D C G
Is a secret the trees never share.
C G
We'll lean to the leeward, the tall pines and I,
C D G
When the northerlies cut to the bone.
G C
And the birch and the willow and ash heave a sigh
G D C G
When the last summer breezes have blown.
[Interlude]
G D C D
[Verse 4]
G C G
As the dance of the seasons goes round and around
C Am G
There's a time for all nature to rest
G C G
When the green summer pastures have faded to brown
D C G
And the forest with color is blessed.
C G
We'll waltz into winter the autumn and I
C D G
In a flurry of russet and gold
G C
And the swirl of the snowflakes falling down from the sky
G D G
As we watch her white blanket unfold
[Outro]
C G
We'll waltz into winter my sweetheart and I
C D G
In the warmth of the love we have known
G C
And give thanks for another good year that's gone by
G D C D
As the closer together we've grown.
C Am C D
C D
