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