The Last Leaf Chords & Lyrics - Blackmore's Night

[INTRO]
[Dm] [C] [Dm] [Am] [Dm] [Bb] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]

[VERSE]
There's a tree in an [Am]open field [Dm]
Branches reach for the [Am]sun [Dm]
With the green of a [C]thousand leaves [Am]
And a [Bb]world that has [C]just be[Dm]gun

[VERSE]
For the springtime is [Am]here again [Dm]
Buds and blossoms a[Am]bound [Dm]
Promises of [C]future days [Am]
And new [Bb]life that is [C]all a[Bb]round[A]___ [Dm]

[CHORUS]
See the [C]last leaf [Bb]shiver[C]ing [Dm]
As the [Bb]winds did [Dm]blow[C]__
[Dm]Holding [C]tight to [Bb]what she [C]knew
[Dm]Fear of [C]the un[Bb]know[C]n__[Dm]___ [Am] [Dm]

[VERSE]
Soon the spring turned to [Am]summertime [Dm]
She could never [Am]deny [Dm]
How she loved her [C]home up there [Am]
In be[Bb]tween the [C]earth and [Dm]sky

[VERSE]
Still to drift on a [Am]summer breeze [Dm]
Was to taste para[Am]dise [Dm]
But that summer would [C]turn to fall [Am]
And the [Bb]autumn would [C]turn to [Bb]ice_[A]__ [Dm]

[CHORUS]
See the [C]last leaf [Bb]shiver[C]ing [Dm]
As the [Bb]winds did [Dm]blow[C]__
[Dm]Holding [C]tight to [Bb]what she [C]knew
[Dm]Fear of [C]the un[Bb]know[C]n__[Dm]__

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [Bb] [Am] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [Bb] [Dm] [A] [Dm]

[VERSE]
In the harvest of [Am]golden days [Dm]
Leaves were turning to [Am]fire [Dm]
Dancing upon the [C]autumn breeze [Am]
Like a [Bb]princess on [C]the high [Dm]wire

[VERSE]
One by one, though, the [Am]dancers dove [Dm]
Spiralling to the [Am]ground [Dm]
Carried off on a [C]winter wind [Am]
Disap[Bb]pearing with[C]out a [Bb]sound[A]___ [Dm]

[CHORUS]
See the [C]last leaf [Bb]shiver[C]ing [Dm]
As the [Bb]winds did [Dm]blow[C]__
[Dm]Holding [C]tight to [Bb]what she [C]knew
[Dm]Fear of [C]the un[Bb]know[C]n__ [Dm]

[VERSE]
So the [C]last leaf[Bb] took to [C]flight [Dm]
As the [Bb]winds did [Dm]blow[C]___
[Dm]Holding [C]tight to [Bb]what could [C]be [Dm]
Finally [C]letting [Bb]go__[A]___[Dm]___