The Green Leaves Of Summer

the green leaves of summer : peter & gordon . on the charts in 1964 . ( capo 1st fret . ) #1 . Em B7 Em D7 a time to be reaping , a time to be sowing , G Am F#7 B7 the green leaves of summer are calling me home . E7 Am D7 G t’was so good to be young then , in the season of plenty . Em Am6 C7 B7 when the catfish were jumping as high as the sky . #2 . Em B7 Em D7 a time just for planting and a time just for plowing . G Am F#7 B7 a time to be courting , a girl of your own . E7 Am D7 G t’was so good to be young then , to be close to the earth . Em Am Em Am6 B7 Em and to stand by your wife , at the mo . . ment of birth . #3 . Em B7 Em D7 a time to be reaping , a time to be sowing . G Am F#7 B7 the green leaves of summer are callin’ me home . E7 Am D7 G t’was so good to be young then , with the sweet smell of apples , Em Am6 C7 B7 and the owl in the pine tree A - winking his eye . #4 . Em B7 Em D7 a time just for planting , a time just for ploughing . G Am F#7 B7 a time just for living , a place for to die . E7 Am D7 G t’was so good to be young then , to be close to the earth , Em Am Em Am6 B7 Em now the green leaves of summer are call . . ing me home . Outro : E7 Am D7 G t’was so good to be young then , to be close to the earth , Em Am Em Am6 B7 Em Am6 B7 Em now the green leaves of summer are calling me home . a sixties smash from kraziekhat .