Autumn Childhood

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Childhood came to me again
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The dust and cobwebs left a pain
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That ploughed the furrows of the dead
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And burning woodsmoke filled my head
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And autumn gold burnt out my eyes
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And left me with no alibis
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Naked as the stars I was
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Lonely as the sky and lost
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The fading light is treating still
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And always did and always will
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And all my life is contained in this
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The key to each and every wish
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Cried… cried! Yes I cried
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Oh so tears they rolled down and down and down ‘til I died
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Died… Died! Yes I died, oh so Lordy they buried me
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I went down and down ‘til I cried
Em
Autumn spread the wings to fold me
Em
Autumn spread the wings to hold me

[Verse]
    A       D
And take me back
                  A
Everyone would be there
      C                  G
Their joy would fill the air
D                 A
Everyone would be there
                    D
I could stay out at twelve

Turn around enjoying myself
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I’d run off quick the smoke was sick, I was there
D
I laughed out night away

In the colors of the smoke and flame
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The crackling wood, the noise was good, I was there
                  A
And everybody was there
      C                   G
Their laughter filled the air
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Everybody was there
                  A
And everybody was there
      C                   G
Their laughter filled the air
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Everybody was there
    Gm
And Autumn returned
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Autumn returned Oh… oh…
C         G       Am Em
Childhood came to me again
    C        G       Am     Em
The dust and cobwebs left a pain
     F            Em      Gm     F
That ploughed the furrows of the dead
    C       G         Am        Em
And burning woodsmoke filled my head
A  Em  B            C  G
Cried… cried! Yes I cried
F     B                A        G        D           C Am Em
Oh so tears the rolled down and down and down ‘til I died
A Em  B           C G   F     B          A
Died… Died! Yes I died, oh so Lordy they buried me
       G        D           C  Am
I went down and down ‘til I cried
Em
Autumn spread the wings to fold me
       C                        Em
Autumn spread the wings to hold me