The Last Leaf

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[Verse]
                     Am          Dm
There's a tree in an open field
                       Am   Dm
Branches reach for the sun
                    C               Am
With the green of a thousand leaves
      Bb             C      Dm
And a world that has just begun

[Verse]
                      Am          Dm
For the springtime is here again
                   Am     Dm
Buds and blossoms abound
            C           Am
Promises of future days
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And new life that is all around___

[Chorus]
        C         Bb    C    Dm
See the last leaf shivering
       Bb        Dm  C
As the winds did blow__
Dm      C        Bb       C
Holding tight to what she knew
Dm      C     Bb  C  Dm     Am  Dm
Fear of the unknown_____

[Verse]
                          Am          Dm
Soon the spring turned to summertime
                Am    Dm
She could never deny
                  C             Am
How she loved her home up there
     Bb        C         Dm
In between the earth and sky

[Verse]
                    Am             Dm
Still to drift on a summer breeze
                 Am    Dm
Was to taste paradise
                      C            Am
But that summer would turn to fall
        Bb           C       Bb  A   Dm
And the autumn would turn to ice___

[Chorus]
        C         Bb    C    Dm
See the last leaf shivering
       Bb        Dm  C
As the winds did blow__
Dm      C        Bb       C
Holding tight to what she knew
Dm      C     Bb  C  Dm
Fear of the unknown____

[Instrumental]
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Bb  C  Dm   Bb  Dm  A   Dm


[Verse]
                  Am           Dm
In the harvest of golden days
                       Am    Dm
Leaves were turning to fire
                 C             Am
Dancing upon the autumn breeze
       Bb          C        Dm
Like a princess on the high wire

[Verse]
                        Am            Dm
One by one, though, the dancers dove
                  Am      Dm
Spiralling to the ground
                 C           Am
Carried off on a winter wind
     Bb          C     Bb   A    Dm
Disappearing without a sound___

[Chorus]
        C         Bb    C    Dm
See the last leaf shivering
       Bb        Dm  C
As the winds did blow__
Dm      C        Bb       C
Holding tight to what she knew
Dm      C     Bb  C   Dm
Fear of the unknown__

[Verse]
       C        Bb       C      Dm
So the last leaf took to flight
       Bb        Dm  C
As the winds did blow___
Dm      C        Bb         C   Dm
Holding tight to what could be
        C       Bb  A  Dm
Finally letting go________