I'm Tying The Leaves So They Won't Come Down chords by Grandpa Jones

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Verse 1
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Playmates were they, girl and lad.
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She's home today, lad feels sad.
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Doctor who comes whispers low,
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when last autumn leaves fall and she must go.
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Lad with a tear climbs a tree
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I'll keep her here, murmurs he
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Big man in blue sternly cries
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What are you doing up there,
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lad replied
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I'm tying the leaves so
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they won't come down
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So the wind won't blow them away
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For the best little girl in this wide,
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wide world is lyin' so ill today
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Her young life must go
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when the last leaves fall
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I'm fixin' them fast so they'll stay
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I'm tyin' the leaves so
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they won't come down
So
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Nellie won't go away
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Sad mother grieves day by day
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Watchin' the leaves, hears boys say
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You must not cry, for you see
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I've tied all the leaves
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fast up on the tree
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Doctor brings joy, one sad day
Mother tells boy,
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Nell will stay
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Ladded girl sighs, shouts with glee
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That's what I said one day up in the tree
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I'm tyin' the leaves so
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they won't come down
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So the wind won't blow them away
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For the best little girl in this wide, wide world
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Is lyin' so ill today
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Her young life must go when
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the last leaves fall
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I'm fixin' them fast so they'll stay
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I'm tying the leaves so they
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won't come down,
So
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Nellie won't go away.
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