Simon & Garfunkel - Leaves that are green

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Leaves That Are Green Standard Tuning Capo 5th Fret If you want to pick it like Paul does, try the following pattern for the intro and first line, then extrapolate down. Sorry for the lack of detail. C Dm G C |---0-----1--------------| |1-----3-3---0--0--1--1--| |--0----2------0-----0---| |-2-----------0-----2----| |3-----------------3-----| |------0-----3-----------| Intro: C Dm G C C F G C

^CI was twenty-one ^Dmyears when I ^Gwrote this ^Csong C F G C <---F and G on this line are quarter notes. I'm twenty-three now, but I won't be for long ^FTime hurries ^Gon And the ^Cleaves ^Gthat are ^Fgre^Gen turn to ^Cbrown And they ^Amwither with the wind And they ^Dmcrumble in your ^Ghand.

Once my heart was filled with the 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. I threw a pebble in a brook And watched the ripples run away And they never made a sound And the leaves that are green turn to brown And they wither with the wind And they crumble in your hand.

^CHello, ^Amhello, ^Ghello, ^Chello ^CGoodbye, ^Fgoodbye, ^Ggoodbye, ^Cgoodbye ^FThat's all there ^Gis And the ^Cleaves ^Gthat are ^Fgre^Gen turn to ^Cbrown.