The last leaf (1963)     (video)

   C ~ ~

            C                                Am

1. The last leaf clings to the bough,

            C                                       Em

just one leaf, that's all there is now.

                          F               G                      C              Am

    And my last hope lives with that lonely leaf, lonely leaf,

                   F                                        C

with the last leaf that clings to the bough.

              C                               Am

2. Last summer beneath this tree

           C                                           Em

my love said she'd come back to me.

                       F              G                               C                              Am

    Before the leaves of autumn touched the ground, touched the ground

                     F                                             C

my love promised she's be homeward bound.

               G#                     Bb                     C

     Then one by one the leaves began to fall,

              G#                      Bb          G7

     And now that winter's come to call.

C                                      Am

3. The last leaf that clings to the bough,

            C                                       Em

just one leaf, that's all there is now.

                          F            G                     C              Am

    Will my last hope fall with that lonely leaf, lonely leaf ?

                    F                Em

    With the last leaf, the last leaf,

                  F                   Fm               C Am

with the last leaf that clings to the bough.

      C Am   C Am   C Am

    Bough, bough, bough ….

(orig. = capo 4th)    (The Cascades)