C F 2x

C                    G
He came down through fields of green
       F              C   G
On the summer side of life
    F        C
His love was ripe
                G
There were no illusions
       F              C   G
On the summer side of life
     F     C    E
Only tenderness

           Am  G   F   E
And if you saw him now
             Am  G    F        
You d wonder why he d cry
              C    F C F
The whole day long

C                      G
There were young girls everywhere
       F              C   G
On the summer side of life
    F          C
The talked all night
                           G
To the young men that they knew
       F              C   G
On the summer side of life
      F      C     E
Going off to fight

           Am  G    F  E
And if you saw them now
             Am  G      F
You d wonder why they d cry
              C   F C F
The whole day long

C                    G
He came down through fields of green
       F              C
On the summer side of life
   F          C
He prayed all night
                      G
Then he walked into a house
      F                C     G
Where love had been misplaced
    F         C     E
His chance to waste

           Am  G   F  E
And if you saw him now
             Am  G    F        
You d wonder why he d cry
              C    F C F
The whole day long