Justin Hayward, Forever Autumn (1978)
Key: :[Dm] (w: Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne, Paul Vigrass)
INTRO: [Dm* x4]
VERSE 1:
[Dm] The summer sun is fading as the
[C] year grows cold
[Bb] And
[Dm7] darker
[Gm7] days are
[F] drawing
[C] near
[Bb] The winter winds will be much
[C open] colder
Now you're not
[Dm* x4] here
VERSE 2:
[Dm] I watch the birds fly south across the
[C] autumn sky
[Bb] And
[Dm7] one by
[Gm7] one they
[F] disap-
[C]-pear
[Bb] I wish that I was flying with
[C open] them
Now you're not
[Dm] here
BRIDGE:
[Bb] Like a
[F] song through the
[Eb] trees
You came to
[Dm* x2] love me
[Bb] Like a
[F] leaf on a
[Eb] breeze
You blew
[Dm] away
[Cm9 open]
BREAK: [Dm* x4]
VERSE 3:
[Dm] Through autumn's golden gown we used to
[C] kick our way
[Bb] You
[Dm7] always
[Gm7] loved this
[F] time of
[C] year
[Bb] Those fallen leaves lie undi-
[C open]-sturbed now
Cause you're not
[Dm] here
Cause you're not
[C] here
Cause you're not
[Dm] here
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BRIDGE:
[Bb] Like a
[F] song through the
[Eb] trees
You came to
[Dm* x2] love me
[Bb] Like a
[F] leaf on a
[Eb] breeze
You blew
[Dm] away
[Cm9 open]
BREAK: [Dm* x4]
VERSE 3:
[Dm] A gentle rain falls softly on my
[C] weary eyes
[Bb] As
[Dm7] if to
[Gm7] hide a
[F] lonely
[C] tear
[Bb] My life will be forever
[C open] autumn
Cause you're not
[Dm] here
Cause you're not
[C] here
Cause you're not
[Dm* x4] here
