Chords for GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER The Brothers Four-Campfire 10

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[A] At the urging of their record label, Columbia Records, the Brothers Four recorded The Green
Leaves of Summer for the 1960 movie The Alamo.
_ Directed by, produced by, and starring John Wayne, the song was nominated for an Academy Award.
By the time the group performed the song at the Oscars in the winter of 1961, they were
established, popular, and recognizable in an overcrowded field of folk singers and groups
vying for attention at the time.
_ _ We introduce it these days as one of our very lucky songs.
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ A time [A] to be repent, _ [Dm] a time [C] to be soul in, _ [F] the _ [G] green leaves of [Gm] summer [D] [E] are calling _ [A]
me home.
[D] Was so good [G] to be young then, [C] in the _ [F] season of plenty, [Dm] when the catfish _ [E] were jumping _ [Dm] as
_ [A] high as the sky.
[Dm] _ _ A [A] time to be plowing, _ [D] _ _ [Dm] a [C] time to be planting, _ [F] _ _ [Dm] a [Gm] time to be courting, _ [E] a girl [A] of your own.
[D] Was so _ [Gm] good to be young then, [G] [C] to be _ [F] close to the earth, [Dm] and to stand [E] by a wife [Dm] at the
[A] moment [Dm]
of _ [D] birth.
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so good to [Gm] be young then, to [C] be _ [Am] close to [F] the earth, [Dm] now the green [E] leaves of summer,
_ of summer [A] _ [D] are [A] calling [Dm] me _ [D] _ home.
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