{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2537706,"song":"Last Leaf","artist":"Joan Baez","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11512204-last-leaf-chords-by-joan-baez/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2537706?type=chord","rating":4.69793,"votes":5,"content":"Written by Kathleen Brennan + Tom Waits in 2011.\r\nJoan Baez published this version on her album \"Whistle Down The Wind\" in 2017.\r\nI choose intermediate difficulty since she doesn't play it in a constantly countable measure.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe autumn took the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut it won't take  me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the autumn wind blows[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey've already gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey flutter to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nCause they can't hang on[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there's nothing in the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat I ain't seen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI greet all the new ones that are coming in green[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm the last leaf on the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe autumn took the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut it won't take me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell they say I got staying power[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHere on the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I've been here since Eisenhower[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd I've outlived even he[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe autumn took the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut it won't take me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I fight off the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I fight off the hail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNothing makes me go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI'm like some vestigial tail[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll be here through eternity[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you want to know how long[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf they cut down this tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI'll show up in a song[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm the last leaf on the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe autumn took the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut it won't take me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm the last leaf on the tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Written by Kathleen Brennan + Tom Waits in 2011.\nJoan Baez published this version on her album \"Whistle Down The Wind\" in 2017.\nI choose intermediate difficulty since she doesn't play it in a constantly countable measure.\n\n\n[Intro]\nG  D  G  G7      C  C  G  Em      G  D  G  G\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG7  G  G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  D  G  G7\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  G  D  G  G7      C  C  G  Em      G  D  G  G  G\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC  G  D  G  G","chords":["G","D","G7","C","Em","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}