Key: C
Introduction:
C Fº Am7 Dm D9 G Dm7 Fº C7M Am
If ever I would leave you, it wouldn't be in summer
Dm F Dm7(b5) G Cº G Am7 G/B C C7M C7
Seeing you in summer, I never would go
C7 F7M G G/B Em7 C7M Am
Your hair streaked with sunlight, your lips red as flame
F Dm Dm7M Dm7 F Gº Dm Dm7 G
Your face with a luster that puts gold to shame
C Fº Am7 Dm D9 G Dm7 Fº C7M Am
But if I'd ever leave you, it couldn't be in autumn
Dm F Dm7(b5) G Cº G Am7 G/B C C7M C7
How I'd leave in autumn, I never will know
C7 F7M G G/B Em7 C7M Am
I've seen how you sparkle when fall nips the air
F Dm Dm7M Dm7 F G C Dm7 G
I know you in autumn and I must be there
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E C#m7 A B7 E
And could I leave you running merrily through the snow
G# Bbm7 F#m7 B7 G7
Or on a wintry evening when you catch the fire's glow
C Em7 Am7 Dm D9 G Dm7 Fº C7M Am
If ever I would leave you, how could it be in springtime
Dm F Dm7(b5) G Cº G Am7 G/B C C7M C7
Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so
C7 F7M Fm Fº Am Am7M D7
Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall
F D9 G7 Fº C
No never could I leave you at all
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