Verse 1
Am      G 
Listen, listen 
C            Am 
Remember the wane 
C        Em       Am 
Of sun’s fury and waving grain 
Am          G 
We fell and fell 
    C      Am 
And danced along 
C          Em 
To croon a knell 
   Am 
Of rights and wrongs 
 
Verse 2
Am         G 
My son, my son 
C            Am 
Remember the burn 
     C           Em       Am 
When leaves were fire and seasons turned 
Am          G 
We fell and fell 
    C      Am 
And sang a song 
   C       Em 
To weave a cell 
    Am 
All autumn long 
 
Chorus
    Am          G 
And down in the vale 
         C      Am         C  Em  Am 
Hear the reaper swing, the reaper swing 
    C  Em  Am 
the reaper swing 
Am          G 
Down in the vale 
         C      Am 
Hear the reaper sing 
  C       Em     Am 
A tale of winter long 
 
Verse 3
   Am       G 
My girl, my girl 
C            Am 
Remember the chill 
     C     Em        Am 
When rains froze and snows did k*ll 
   Am       G 
We fell and fell 
    C      Am 
And danced along 
        C   Em 
Through icy hell 
         Am 
To their winter song 
 
Verse 4
 
   Am       G 
My love, my love 
C            Am 
Remember the cries 
     C      Em       Am 
When winter died for spring skies 
     Am         G 
They roared and roared 
       C           Am 
But we grabbed our seed 
    C       Em 
And sowed a song 
 Am 
Against their greed 
 
Verse 5
   Am      G 
My son, my son 
C            Am 
Remember the chains 
     C    Em         Am 
When gold ruled with iron reins 
   Am         G 
We roared and roared 
    C           Am 
And twisted and screamed 
    C       Em 
For ours, a vale 
   Am 
of better dreams 
 
Chorus
    Am          G 
And down in the vale 
         C      Am         C  Em  Am 
Hear the reaper swing, the reaper swing 
    C  Em  Am 
the reaper swing 
Am          G 
Down in the vale 
         C      Am 
Hear the reaper sing 
  C       Em     Am 
A tale of winter done.