Autumn Song
Harvey Andrews
4/4 time
Capo: none
Recorded by Harvey Andrews on Friends of Mine album in 1973. The song has an
ethereal feel to it and is played in the key of A minor. I suggest that it be
played in a light finger picking style with feeling.
The chord of G should be played throughout as shown in the tab diagram below to
help keep the minor mood of the song. The lower case notes c and ae are
intended to be played as single notes. The c should be played as shown below on
the 4th beat of the measure which leads into the Am chord. The ae (an A5 chord) at
the end of the coda should be plucked together:
//// ////
ae
E--x--¦----x----0-----¦-----0--
B--0--¦----1----1-----¦-----x--
G--0--¦----x----2-----¦-----x--
D--0--¦----x----2-----¦-----x--
A--2--¦----x----0-----¦-----0--
E--3--¦----x----0-----¦-----x--
Intro: Play Am a few times
On a misty autumn morning
You can hear the wild birds call
Giving chilly winter warning
That the evening star will fall.
I feel the wind that sings their crying
I wish the dying sun goodbye
And I stand to see them flying
To a warm and welcome sky.
Chorus:
And I stay to meet cold winter
To crunch the crackling ice and snow
To walk alone beneath bare branches
And wonder why you had to go.
The empty rooms they echo laughter
The broken door creaks one more song
And in the silence that comes after
The dusty floors, they ask how long?
(Repeat chorus)
And I stay to meet... etc
Soon I ll find winter clothes to hold me
And wrap myself against the cold
But frost and fire, they never told me
There is no peace in growing old.
Coda:
ae (let ring)
There is no peace in growing ... old.