[Intro] D
[Verse 1]
GDA
When the marigold no longer blooms,
CG
When summer sun is turned to gloom,
D
See the forecast winter snow,
CA
See the evergreen that lonely grows.
GDA
Move close to the fireplace,
C
Neglect the garden,
A
See the ground harden,
Em7
At a ghostly place.
[Verse 2]
GDA
The golden summer sun is silver now,
CG
The fruit has fallen from the bough,
D
The season moves to chestnut time,
CA
Toffee apples, treacle, and mulled wine.
GDA
Quilts and furs and woolens gay,
C
You wrap around you,
A
But the cold confounds you,
Em7
On an autumn day.
[Instrumental verse]
GDA
(A) CG
(G) DCAGDA
(A) C
(C) A
(A) Em7
[Verse 3]
GDA
Stout and strong the walls of home and hearth,
CG
The curtains drawn against the draft,
D
The rake has reaped, the blade has mown,
CA
Nights draw in to call the harvest home.
GDA
The quiet of a heart at rest,
C
In peace abounded,
A
By love surrounded,
Em7
Here the home is blest.
[Harvest Home (hymn)]
DAGD
Come, ye thankful people, come!
DAGD
Raise the song of harvest home!
DEmAD
All be safely gathered in,
DEADAEA
Ere the winter storms begin.
AADAD
God, our Maker, doth provide,
DDGDG
For our wants to be supplied.
GEmAD
Come, ye thankful people, come,
GDDAD
Raise the song of harvest home,
GDDAD
Raise the song of harvest home.