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Autumn by Joanna Newsom
Autumn
Capo:no capo
C Em F
Driven through by her own sword
C Em G F
Summer died last night, alone
Em G F Am
Even the ghosts huddled up for warmth
C Em G F
Autumn has come to my hometown
C Em F
Friendly voices, dead and gone
C Em G F
Singing, Star of the country down
Em G F Am
(Even the ghosts help raise the barn
C Em G F
Here now in my hometown)
D
When out of the massing
C G F A D
that bodes and bides, In the cold West
C G F A D
Flew a waxwing who froze and died against my breast
D C G F A D
And all the while, rain, like a weed in the tide, swans and lisps
C G F A D
Down on the gossiping lawns, saying, "tsk, tsk, tsk"
C Em
I may have changed
G F
It's hard to gauge
C Em G F
Time won't account for how I've aged
Em G F Am
Would I could tie your lying tongue
C Em G F
Who says that leaving keeps you young
C Em G F
And I have got no control
C Em G F
Over my heart, over my mind
Em G F Am
Over the hills, the rainclouds roll
C Em G F
I'll winter here, wait for a sign
D C G
To cast myself out over the water
F A D
Riven like a wishbone
You'd hardly guess
D C G
I was my own mother's daughter
F A D
I ain't naturally given to roam.
D C
And I lay low when I return
G F A D
And I move like a gurney whose wheels are squeaking
D C
Alone in a home
G
And I laugh when you speak
F A D
Of my pleasure-seekin'
C G F G
Among the ta - ll pines
D C G F
Along the le-y lines
C G F G
Here, where the lo-on keens.
D C G F
There, where the mo-on leans
C G F G
There, where I know my violent love lays
D C G F A D
down, in a row of silent dove-grey days
C G F G
Here in a row of silent dove-grey days
C Em G F
Wherever I go, I am snow-bound
C Em G F
By thoughts of him whom I would shun
Em G F Am
I love them all, one by one
C Em
Cannot gain ground
G F
Cannot outrun
C Em G F
But time marches along
C Em G F
You can't always stick around
Em G F Am
But when the final count is done
C Em G F
I will be in my hometown
C G F C
I will be in my hometown
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version 2
Capo:no capo
[Verse]
Am C G F
Driven through by her own sword,
Am C G F
summer died last night, alone.
Am C G F
Even the ghosts huddled up for warmth.
Am C G F
Autumn has come to my hometown.
[Verse]
Am C G F
Friendly voices, dead and gone,
Am C G F
singing, Star of the country down...
Am C G F
(even the ghosts help raise the barn,
Am C G F
here, now, in my hometown)
[Chorus]
F Eb D
D C
— when, out of the massing
Bb G Bb C D
that bodes and bides, in the cold west,
D C Bb
flew a waxwing, who froze
G Bb C D
and died against my breast!
D C
And all the while, rain,
Bb G
like a weed in the tide,
Bb C D
swans and lists, down
C Bb G
on the gossiping lawns,
Bb C D
saying tsk tsk tsk.
[Verse]
Am C G F
I may have changed. It's hard to gauge.
Am C G F
Time won't account for how I've aged.
Am C G F
Would I could tie your lying tongue,
Am C G F
who says that leaving keeps you young.
Am C G F
And I have got no control
Am C G F
over my heart, over my mind.
Am C G F
Over the hills, the rainclouds roll.
Am C G F
I'll winter here, wait for a sign
[Chorus]
F D# D
D
to cast myself
C Bb
out, over the water,
G Bb C D
riven like a wishbone.
D
You'd hardly guess
D C Bb
I was my own mother's daughter;
G Bb C D
I ain't naturally given to roam.
D C
And I lay low, when I return, and I move
Bb G
like a gurney
Bb C D
whose wheels are squeaking,
D C
alone, here in my home,
Bb
and I laugh,
G
when you speak of my
Bb C D
pleasure-seeking
[Bridge]
Fmaj7
Eb C Bb F G
among the tall pines,
D C Bb G Bb C D
along the lay-lines.
Fmaj7 Eb C Bb F G
Here, where the loon keens.
D C Bb G Bb C D
There, where the moon leans.
Fmaj7 Eb C Bb F G
There where I know my violent love lays down,
D C Bb G Bb C D
in a row of silent, dove-gray days.
C Bb G Bb C D
Here, in a row of silent, dove-gray days.
[Verse]
Am C G F
Wherever I go, I am snowbound
Am C G F
by thoughts of him whom I would sun.
Am C G F
I loved them all, one by one.
Am C G F
Cannot gain ground, cannot outrun;
Am C G F
but time marches along.
Am C G F
You can't always stick around.
Am C G F
But, when the final count is done,
Am G F Em
I will be in my hometown.
Bb G C
I will be in my hometown.
[Outro]
Am G F C Em Am
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