The Green Leaves of Summer

by Paul Francis Webster, Dimitri Tiomkin · posted by gene

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab


-4  6   -6* 6   -5* -4
 A time to  be reap-ing

-4  6   -6* 7  -6* -5
 A time to  be sow-ing

-5    7    -6*   7   -7  6
The green leaves of sum-mer 

-7  -7*  -6* -7* -8
Are call-ing me home



-8  8   -9  8  -8  -7    6
It was good to be young then 

-7 -8   8  -8  -7   7  -5
In the sea-son of plen-ty

 7   -7  -8   -7   7    -6* -7
When the cat-fish were jump-ing 

-6* -7  -6* 6   7
As high as the sky


A time to be planting
A time just for plowing
A time to be courting
A girl of your own


Was good so to be young then 
To be close to the earth
And to stand by your wife
At the moment of birth


A time to be reaping
A time to be sowing
The green leaves of summer 
Are calling me home

It was good to be young then 
With the sweet smell of of apples
And the owl in the pine tree 
A-winkin' his eye

A time just for planting
A time just for plowing
A time just for living
A place for to die

Was so good to be young then 
To be close to the earth
Now the green leaves of summer 
Are calling me home

Now the green leaves of summer 
Are calling me home

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound