Chords:
{t:Autumn Leaves - Alt}
{artist:Willie Nelson}
{key: Cm}
{c: French version: Jacques Andre Marie Prévert}
{c: English version: Johnny Mercer, 1947}
{c: First piano solo (Roger Williams) to reach #1 on Billboard Top 100, 1955}
{c: Recorded by Jo Stafford, 1957}
{c: Thanks to Don Hanna for this}
Here's Willie on YouTube:
...........Autumn Leaves V1
...........Autumn Leaves V2
{c: Key of Cm; 4/4 time; 81 BPM}
Instrumental
{c: }
{sos}
[Cm] [Fm7] [Bb7] [Ebmaj7] (6 2 5 1), [Abmaj7][Dm7b5][G7b9][Cm] (7\7 2\6 3/7 6)
{eos}
{c: each dot below represents an eighth note rest, ie .. = 1 quarter note rest}
..The falling [Fm7] leaves, [Bb7]..drift by my [Ebmaj7] window
[Abmaj7]..The autumn [Dm7b5] leaves, [G7b9]..of red and [Cm] gold
{c: }
[Cm]..I see your [Fm7] lips [Bb7]..the summer [Ebmaj7] kisses
[Abmaj7]..The sun-burned [Dm7b5] hands [G7b9] I used to [Cm] hold
{c: }
[Cm7]....Since you [Dm7b5] went away,[G7b9]..the days grow [Cm] long
[Cm]..And soon I'll [Fm7] hear, [Bb7]..old winter's [Ebmaj7] song
{c: }
[Abmaj7]....But I [Abmaj7] miss you most of [G7b9] all my [Cm7] dar-ling
[Cm7]......When [Dm7b5] au-tumn [G7b9] leaves start to [Cm] fall
{sos}
[Abmaj7]....But I [Dm7b5] miss you [Dm7b5] most of [G7b9] all my [Cm7] dar-ling
[Cm7]......When [Dm7b5] au-tumn [G7b9] leaves start to [Cm] fall
[Cm]..The falling [Fm7] leaves, [Bb7]..drift by my [Ebmaj7] window
[Abmaj7]..The autumn [Dm7b5] leaves, [G7b9]..of red and [Cm] gold
{eos}
[Cm7]....Since you [Dm7b5] went away, [G7b9]..the days grow [Cm] long
[Cm]..And soon I'll [G7b9] hear, [Bb7]..old winter's [Ebmaj7] song
{c: }
[Abmaj7]....But I [Dm7b5] miss you most of [G7b9] all my [Cm7] dar-ling
[Cm7]......When [Dm7b5] au-tumn [G7b9] leaves start to [Cm] fall
{c: }
[Abmaj7]....But I [Dm7b5] miss you most of [G7b9] all my [Cm7] dar-ling
[Cm7]......When [Dm7b5] au-tumn [G7b9] leaves start to [Cm] fall
{c: }
[Cm7]......When [Dm7b5] au-tumn [G7b9] leaves start to [Cm] fall
