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Forever Autumn chords by
Jeff Wayne
Jeff Wayne
Justin Hayward
Justin Hayward
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Key: D minor•
Verse 1
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For three days I fought my way

along roads packed with refugees,

The homeless, burdened with boxes

and bundles containing their valuables.

All that was of value to me was in London.
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By the time I reached their little red brick house,

Carrie and her father were gone.
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Verse 2
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Forever Autumn
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Journalist
Verse 3


The summer sun is fading as
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the year grows old,
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And darker days are drawing near,
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The winter winds will be much colder,
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Now you're not here.
Verse 4
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I watch the birds fly south across
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the autumn sky
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And one by one they disap pear,
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I wish that I was
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flying with them
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Now you're not here.
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Like the sun through the trees
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you came to love me,
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Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away...
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Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Through autumn's golden gown we
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used to kick our way,
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You always loved this time of
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year

Those fallen leaves lie
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undisturbed now
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'Cause you're not here
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Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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Fire suddenly leapt from house to house.
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The population panicked and ran, and I was swept along with them, aimless and lost without Carrie. Finally,
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I headed eastward for the ocean and my only hope of survival: a boat out of England.
Verse 7
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Journalist
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Like the sun through the trees you
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came to love me,
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Like a leaf on the breeze you blew
Interlude 3

away...
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Verse 8
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A gentle rain falls softly
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on my weary eyes
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As if to hide a lonely tear
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My life will be forever autumn,
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'Cause you're not here
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'Cause you're not here
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'Cause you're not here
Interlude 4
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Verse 9
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As I hastened through Covent Garden,

Blackfriars and Billingsgate,
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More and more people joined
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the painful exodus.
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Sad, weary women,
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their children stumbling in the street with tears,
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Their men bitter and angry,
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the rich rubbing shoulders with beggars and outcasts.
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Dogs snarled and whined,
Verse 10

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the horse's bits were covered with foam,

And here and there were wounded soldiers,
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as helpless as the rest.
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We saw tripods wading
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up the Thames,
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Cutting through bridges as

though they were paper.
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Waterloo bridge, Westminster bridge,
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one appeared above Big Ben.
Interlude 5

Ulla!
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Verse 11
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Never before in the history of the world,
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Had such a mass of human beings

moved and suffered together.

This was no disciplined march,

it was a stampede,
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Without order and without a goal,
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six million people unarmed and unprovisioned driving headlong.
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It was the beginning
Verse 12
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of the rout of civilization,
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of the massacre of mankind.
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A vast crowd buffeted me towards
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the already packed steamer.
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I looked up enviously at those safely on board...
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straight into the eyes of my beloved Carrie.

At sight of me she began to fight her way
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along the packed deck to the gangplank.
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At that very moment, it was raised,
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And I caught a last glimpse of her despairing face
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as the crowd swept me away from her.
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Journalist Like the sun through the
Verse 13
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trees
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you came to love me,
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Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away...
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Interlude 6
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Verse 14
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Through autumn's golden gown
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we used to kick our way
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You always loved this
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time of year

Those fallen leaves lie
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undisturbed now
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'Cause you're not here
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'Cause you're not here

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • Dm

  • G

  • F

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  • E

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The original key of Forever Autumn by Jeff Wayne, Justin Hayward is D minor.

The primary chords used in Forever Autumn are Dm, Gm, C, Bb, F, Eb.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 5 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Dm, Gm, C, Bb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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