[Intro] D
[Verse 1]
G D A
When the marigold no longer blooms,
C G
When summer sun is turned to gloom,
D
See the forecast winter snow,
C A
See the evergreen that lonely grows.
G D A
Move close to the fireplace,
C
Neglect the garden,
A
See the ground harden,
Em7
At a ghostly place.
[Verse 2]
G D A
The golden summer sun is silver now,
C G
The fruit has fallen from the bough,
D
The season moves to chestnut time,
C A
Toffee apples, treacle, and mulled wine.
G D A
Quilts and furs and woolens gay,
C
You wrap around you,
A
But the cold confounds you,
Em7
On an autumn day.
[Instrumental verse]
G D A
(A) C G
(G) D
C A
G D A
(A) C
(C) A
(A) Em7
[Verse 3]
G D A
Stout and strong the walls of home and hearth,
C G
The curtains drawn against the draft,
D
The rake has reaped, the blade has mown,
C A
Nights draw in to call the harvest home.
G D A
The quiet of a heart at rest,
C
In peace abounded,
A
By love surrounded,
Em7
Here the home is blest.
[Harvest Home (hymn)]
D A G D
Come, ye thankful people, come!
D A G D
Raise the song of harvest home!
D Em A D
All be safely gathered in,
D E A D A E A
Ere the winter storms begin.
A A D A D
God, our Maker, doth provide,
D D G D G
For our wants to be supplied.
G Em A D
Come, ye thankful people, come,
G D D A D
Raise the song of harvest home,
G D D A D
Raise the song of harvest home.