Falling Leaves The Refugees

FALLING LEAVES (THE REFUGEES)
Words and Music by John Denver from Higher Ground (1988)
C          G        F       C
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRECIOUS DAY
                 G      C
THESE GIFTS YOU GIVE TO ME
            G        F        C
MY HEART SO FULL OF LOVE FOR YOU
                 G     C
SINGS PRAISE FOR ALL I SEE
    G               F       C
OH SING FOR EVERY MOTHER'S LOVE
     G         F     C
FOR EVERY CHILDHOOD TEAR
    G                F     C
OH SING FOR ALL THE STARS ABOVE
     F      G         C
THE PEACE BEYOND ALL FEAR.

  C      G       F  C
THIS IS FOR THE REFUGEES
             G      C
THE ONES WITHOUT A HOME
            G     F C
A BOAT OUT ON THE OCEAN
      G      C
CITY STREET ALONE
     G                  F        C
ARE THEY NOT SOME DEAR MOTHER'S CHILD
     G        F      C
ARE THEY NOT YOU AND I
    G               F         C
ARE WE THE ONES TO BEAR THIS SHAME
     F         G   C
ARE THEY THIS SACRIFICE.

    C        G         F       C
OR ARE THEY JUST LIKE FALLING LEAVES
              G       C
WHO GIVE THEMSELVES AWAY
               G        F       C
FROM DUST TO DUST FROM SEED TO SHEAR
         G      C
AND TO ANOTHER DAY
   G                 F       C
IF I COULD HAVE ONE WISH ON EARTH
   G      F      C
OF ALL I CAN CONCEIVE
         G           F      C
IT WOULD BE TO SEE ANOTHER SPRING
     F         G       C
AND BLESS THE FALLING LEAVES. 

C          G          F      C
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRECIOUS DAY
                 G      C
THESE GIFTS YOU GIVE TO ME
             G       F        C
MY HEART SO FULL OF LOVE FOR YOU
                  G     C
SINGS PRAISE FOR ALL I SEE
    G              F        C
OH SING FOR EVERY MOTHER'S LOVE
     G         F     C
FOR EVERY CHILDHOOD TEAR
    G                 F    C
OH SING FOR ALL THE STARS ABOVE
     F      G         C
THE PEACE BEYOND ALL FEAR.