THE LAST LEAF
The Cascades (Chandler-McKendry)
[Intro]
E
[Verse]
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)