Autumn almanac
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D
1. From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly
caterpillar,
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when the dawn begins to crack,
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G D G
D
it's all part of my autumn
almanac.
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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.
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- B7 E
Friday evenings, peo…..ple get together, hi….ding
from the weather.
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Tea and toasted, buttered
currant buns
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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,
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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,
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D G D ~
yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn
almanac.
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- 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
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
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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)