E|--x--| ¦----x----0-----¦-----0--
B|--0--| ¦----1----1-----¦-----x--
G|--0--| ¦----x----2-----¦-----x--
D|--0--| ¦----x----2-----¦-----x--
A|--2--| ¦----x----0-----¦-----0--
E|--3--| ¦----x----0-----¦-----x--


Intro: Play Am a few times

     Am           Dm
On a misty autumn morning
Am                            Dm
  You can hear the wild birds call
G                      Am
  Giving chilly winter warning
E                       C    Am
  That the evening star will fall.

Am                                 Dm
  I feel the wind that sings their crying
Am                        Dm
  I wish the dying sun goodbye
G                         Am
  And I stand to see them flying
E                  C    Am
  To a warm and welcome sky.

Chorus:
      Am                Dm
And I stay to meet cold winter
G                                 E
  To crunch the crackling ice and snow
F                            G
  To walk alone beneath bare branches
E                           Am
  And wonder why you had to go.

Am                          Dm
  The empty rooms they echo laughter
Am                                Dm
  The broken door creaks one more song
G                               Am
  And in the silence that comes after
E                             C   Am
  The dusty floors, they ask 'how long?'

(Repeat chorus)
And I stay to meet... etc

Am                               Dm
Soon I'll find winter clothes to hold me
Am                            Dm
  And wrap myself against the cold
G                                Am
  But frost and fire, they never told me
E                          C   Am
  There is no peace in growing old.

Coda:
E                                ae (let ring)
There is no peace in growing ... old.