THE LAST LEAF
The Cascades
Intro: E
E C#m
The last leaf clings to the bough
E G#m
Just one leaf that's all there is now
A B
And my last hope lives with that
E C#m
lonely leaf lonely leaf
A E-
With the last leaf that clings to the bough
E C#m
Last summer beneath this tree
E G#m
My love said she'd come back to me
A B
Before the leaves of autumn touched
E C#m
the ground touched the ground
A E
My love promised she's be homeward bound
Chorus:
C D E
Then one by one the leaves began to fall
C D B-break
And now that winter's come to call
E C#m
The last leaf that clings to the bough
E G#m
Just one leaf that's all there is now
A B
Will my last hope fall with that
E C#m
lonely leaf lonely leaf
A G#m
With the last leaf the last leaf
A pause A E- C#m
With the last leaf that clings to the bough
E C#m E C#m
Bough bough bough FADE