"Autumn Leaves" is a much-recorded popular jazz standard song. Originally it was
a 1945 French song "Les feuilles mortes" (literally "The Dead Leaves") with music
by Hungarian-French composer Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert, and
the Hungarian title is "Hulló levelek" (Falling Leaves).
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*** PAY ATTENTION TO THE CHORDS STRUCTURE ***
[Intro] Gm6 F#m6 Em
Am7
The falling leaves
D7 Gmaj7
Drift by my window
Em6 Am6/F# Gm6
The falling leaves
B7 Em
Of red and gold
Am7
I see your lips
D7 Gmaj7
The summer kisses
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The sunburned hands
B7 Em
I used to hold
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Since you went away
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The days grow long
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And soon I'll hear
Adim7 Em
Old winter's song
Am6/F#
But I miss you
Gm6 B7
Most of all
Adim7 Em
My Darling
Am6/F# Gm6 B7
When autumn leaves
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Begin to fall
