Autumn almanac    (intro)    (Listen to midi)

 

    E - A - B7 - E         E - A - B7 - E

 

       E           Am                                          D                     

1. From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar,

G                   D                                     

    when the dawn begins to crack,

    C   D   G   D        G                   D

    it's all part of my autumn almanac.

       Am                                   D

    Breeze blows leaves of a musty-coloured yellow,

G             D

    so I sweep them in my sack.

       C     D    G    D         G                  D

    Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac.

 

       E                           - A - B7           E          - A - B7                  E

    Friday evenings, peo…..ple get together, hi….ding from the weather.

    C#m        G#                                    E                                    

    Tea and toasted, buttered currant buns

             F#                                  A

    can't compensate for lack of sun,

                         G#

    because the summer's all gone.

           Am              D               - G                D

    Lala la la la, lala lalalalalala,      oh, my poor rheumatic back,

     C      D    G    D          G                  D

    yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac.

   Am               D              - G                D

    la la la, lala lalalalalala,       oh, my autumn almanac,

     C      D    G    D          G                  D   ~

    yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac.

 

   G               D        - C          G                                     

3. I like my football       on a Saturday,

                            D           - C       G

    roast beef on Sundays,       all right.

                  D           - C              G                            

    I go to Blackpool       for my holidays,

                    D         - C       G

    sit in the autumn       sunlight.

 

 

 

 

 

     Gm                     - Bb                                        D#              

    This is my street,         and I'm never gonna to leave it,

F                                       Bb          - Dm                      G#      G7

    and I'm always gonna stay here          if I live to be ninety-nine.

                                            C   - Cm                                           G  - E

    'Cause all the people I meet          seem to come from my street,

                                A   - B7                                       Em           B7                         
    and I can't get away,      because it's calling me, “Come on home!”

                                    Em           A

    Hear it calling me, “Come on home!”

 

           Am              D               - G               D

    Lala la la la, lala lalalalalala,      oh, my autumn Armagnac,

     C      D    G    D          G                  D

    yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac.

   Am                D               - G              D

    La la la, lala lalalalalala,      oh, my autumn almanac,

      C    D      C     D     G    D     G     D      - C - D - G

    yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes !

      C            D                  G

    Bop-bop-bopm-bop, whoa!

      C            D                   G

    Bop-bop-bopm-bop, whoa!

      C            D                   G

    Bop-bop-bopm-bop, whoa! ….

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)       (The Kinks)