Joan Baez – Last Leaf (Guitar)
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Written by Kathleen Brennan + Tom Waits in 2011.
Joan Baez published this version on her album "Whistle Down The Wind" in 2017.
I choose intermediate difficulty since she doesn't play it in a constantly countable measure.
[Intro]
G D G G7 C C G Em G D G G
[Chorus]
G D G G7 I'm the last leaf on the tree C The autumn took the rest G Em But it won't take me G D G I'm the last leaf on the tree
[Instrumental]
G7 G G
[Verse 1]
G When the autumn wind blows Em They've already gone C They flutter to the ground D D7 Cause they can't hang on G And there's nothing in the world Em That I ain't seen C D I greet all the new ones that are coming in green
[Chorus]
G D G G7 And I'm the last leaf on the tree C The autumn took the rest G Em But it won't take me G D G I'm the last leaf on the tree
[Instrumental]
G D G G7
[Verse 2]
G Well they say I got staying power Em Here on the tree C But I've been here since Eisenhower D D7 And I've outlived even he
[Chorus]
G D G G7 I'm the last leaf on the tree C The autumn took the rest G Em But it won't take me G D G I'm the last leaf on the tree
[Instrumental]
G G D G G7 C C G Em G D G G G
[Verse 3]
G Well I fight off the snow Em And I fight off the hail C Nothing makes me go D D7 I'm like some vestigial tail G And I'll be here through eternity Em If you want to know how long C If they cut down this tree D D7 I'll show up in a song
[Chorus]
G D G G7 And I'm the last leaf on the tree C The autumn took the rest G Em But it won't take me G D I'm the last leaf G C I'm the last leaf G D G I'm the last leaf on the tree
[Outro]
C G D G G