Friday, September 1, 2017

Late-Autumn Love Song (Capo #2)

  G                                 C
I wish they hadn’t raked up all the leaves;
                      G        C
now I have to buy you flowers.
G                        C                             G       C 
Flowers are clichéd, but leaves just say the darnedest things.
G                                  D              G
A leaf can say “I love you,” and, “I think you’re neat,”
G                            D            G
“You’re my little lady,” and everything between.
  G                                 C
I wish they hadn’t raked up all the leaves;
D                  G       C D
flowers just don’t crunch.

  G                                 C
I wish they hadn’t raked up all the leaves;
                      G        C
now I have to buy you flowers.
G                        C                             G     C
Flowers are clichéd, but leaves would make the perfect gift.
G                      D             G
Love is like the maple with many leaves to give
G                           D               G
and little helicopters that spin around and twist.
  G                                 C
I wish they hadn’t raked up all the leaves;
D                  G       C D
flowers just don’t crunch.

  G                                 C
I wish they hadn’t raked up all the leaves;
                      G        C
now I have to buy you flowers.
G                        C                         G     C
Flowers are clichéd, but leaves have got the right idea.
G                         D                G
Love may seem to fade and fall off of the trees,
G                                D                 G
but it comes again in season, bright and fresh and green.
  G                                 C
I wish they hadn’t raked up all the leaves;
D                  G       C D
flowers just don’t crunch.