Tom: Bb Intro: D D Em A D I was twenty one years when I wrote this song C D I'm twenty two now but I won't be for long G A Time hurries on D C G A D And the leaves that are gre_____en turn to brown Bm And they wither with the wind A And they crumble in your hand D Em A D Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl C D I held her close but she faded in the night G A Like a poem I meant to write D C G A D And the leaves that are gre_____en turn to brown Bm And they wither with the wind A And they crumble in your hand D Em A D I threw a pebble in a brook C D And watched the ripples run away G A And they never made a sound D C G A D And the leaves that are gre_____en turn to brown Bm And they wither with the wind A And they crumble in your hand D Em A D Hello, hello, hello, hello C D Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye G A That's all there is D C G A D ( D ) And the leaves that are gre_____en turn to brown