JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Green Leaves of Summer" adalah lagu The Brothers Four yang dirilis pada 1960.
Lagu ini menjadi bagian dalam album B.M.O.C. (Best Music On/Off Campus) yang membawa 12 lagu.
Album tersebut berada di bawah naungan label Columbia Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Goodnight Irene - The Brothers Four
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Green Leaves of Summer" dari The Brothers Four:
[Intro]
Dm D
Dm D
Dm D Dm D
Ooooh oooh ooooh oooh
[Verse 1]
Dm A Dm C
A time to be reaping, a time to be sowing
F Gm E A
The green leaves of summer are calling me home
D Gm C F
T'was so good to be young then in the season of plenty
Dm E Dm A Dm
When the catfish were jumping as high as the sky
[Verse 2]
A Dm C F
A time to be plowing, a time to be planting
Gm E A
A time to be courting a girl of your own
D Gm C F
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the earth
Dm E Dm A Dm D
And to stand by your wife, at the moment of birth
Dm D
oooh oooh
[Outro]
D Gm C F
T'was so good to be young then, to be close to the earth
Dm E
Now the green leaves of summer are calling me home
Dm D Dm D
Ooooh oooh ooooh oooh