Leaves In The River

Chords

Standard

#Continue tab through whole song
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|----3----3----3----3----4----4----4----4----1----1----1----1----3----3----3----3-|
 C|--3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----2----2----2----2----3----3----3----3---|
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 #During breaks you can play this tab for the piano part
 A|---------------------------------------|
 E|--6-4-3-6-4-6-4-3-1--4-6-4-3-1--6-3----|
 C|---------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------|

 #Or Strum these chords

 D#
I met a girl on Halloween
Fm
she was drunk and I was lost
    A#
and it was dark and cold out
        D#
when we left


As we walked the rain started

the leaves softened with every step

and all around us people slept

alone with their dreams


D# Fm A# D#


The wind came down from up the plains

and blew the leaves all through the streets

I wondered how far leaves

could really fly


Would they rest in suburb yards?

Or make it to the city?

Or would they end up in the river

just to float away?


She pointed to a small brick house

and said it was were she grew up

She asked if we could stop for a while


Her hair was still just getting wet

the water running down her neck

collecting in the hand-print in cement

beneath her feet


D# Fm A# D# x2

Apparently there'd been a death

Someone close had nothing left

because she hadn't loved him

in the end


I saw her blush when I asked

if she always talked like that

She said it only happened

when she drank


And later on I felt her hand

slipping into my cold fist

She promised me a kiss

as soon as we got home


Her costume had begun to tear

She ran ahead and turned to me

her laughter echoed through

the empty streets


D# Fm A# D# x2