Leaves that are green
paul simon

                 Em         A7           D
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song.
                         G     C      D
I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for long
D            A7
time hurries on

CHORUS: (optional goes after second two verses)
(Em7 A7) D      C        G Em7 A7      D
and the leaves that are green turn to brown
         Bm
and they wither with the wind
         Em7             A7      D
and they crumble in your hand

Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl
I held her close, but she faded in the night
like a poem I meant to write

CHORUS:

I threw a pebble in a brook
and watched the ripples run away
and they never made a sound

CHORUS:

Hello, hello, hello, 
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
that's all there is

Em7 A7  D      C        G Em7 A7      D       Bm A7 A                                  And the leaves that are green turn to brown