Steeleye Span – Whats The Life Of A Man (Guitar)

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As I was a-walking one morning at ease

              C7             F
A viewing the leaves as they fell from the trees

            F7       Bb         Gm
All in slow motion appearing to be

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Like those that had withered, they fell from the trees

C      F                Dm           C
And if you'd seen those trees just a few days ago

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How beautiful and green they all seemed to grow

                  F7           Bb            Gm
But a frost came upon them and withered them all

      F           Dm           C             F
And a storm came upon them and down they did fall

C          F         Dm      C
What's the life of a man any more than a leaf

              C7          F
A man has his seasons, so why should we grieve

                 F7          Bb            Gm
Although in this world, we appear fine and gay

       F            Dm         C          F
Like a leaf we must wither and soon fade away

C      F           Dm               C
If you look in the churchyard, it's there you will see

                C7            F
Those that have passed like a leaf from the tree

               F7        Bb           Gm
When age and affliction upon them did fall

       F             Dm         C             Bb
Like a leaf they did wither and down they did fall

C          F         Dm      C
What's the life of a man any more than a leaf

              C7          F
A man has his seasons, so why should we grieve

                 F7          Bb            Gm
Although in this world, we appear fine and gay

       F            Dm         C          Bb
Like a leaf we must wither and soon fade away

           F    C    F
What's the life of a man?