Gordon Lightfoot - Leaves of Grass
CAPO: 4th Fret
[INTRO:] C Csus4 C Csus4
[VERSE 1:]
C G C
The leaves of grass will not pass on
F G C
Though the millstones grind them into dust
F G C
For the earth shall give new life to them
F Dm G C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more
[CHORUS:]
C G C G
And the brave must fall to honour the names
C Dm G
Of the ones who have gone before
C F G C
And the earth shall give new life to them
F Dm G C Csus4 C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more
[VERSE 2:]
C G C
If people could look into each other's eyes
F G C
What a wonderful place this world would be
F G C
All strife would end, we could start again
F Dm G C Csus4
And dreams like these must not pass on
[CHORUS:]
C G C G
But the brave keep falling to honour the names
C Dm G
Of the ones who have gone before
C F G C
And the earth shall give new life to them
F Dm G C Csus4 C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more
[INSTRUMENTAL:] C G C F G C F G C F Dm G C Csus4
[CHORUS:]
C G C G
And the brave keep falling to honour the names
C Dm G
Of the ones who have gone before
C F G C
And the earth shall give new life to them
F Dm G C Csus4 C Csus4
But only the grass will grow once more
[VERSE 3:]
C G C
The leaves of grass will not pass on
F G C
Though the millstones grind them into dust
F G C
For the earth shall give new life to them
F Dm G C Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C
But only the grass will grow once more