Am           Dm 
On a misty autumn morning 
Am                            Dm 
  You can hear the wild birds call 
G                      Am 
  Giving chilly winter warning 
E                       C    Am 
  That the evening star will fall. 
 
Am                                 Dm 
  I feel the wind that sings their crying 
Am                        Dm 
  I wish the dying sun goodbye 
G                         Am 
  And I stand to see them flying 
E                  C    Am 
  To a warm and welcome sky. 
 
Chorus: 
      Am                Dm 
And I stay to meet cold winter 
G                                 E 
  To crunch the crackling ice and snow 
F                            G 
  To walk alone beneath bare branches 
E                           Am 
  And wonder why you had to go. 
 
Am                          Dm 
  The empty rooms they echo laughter 
Am                                Dm 
  The broken door creaks one more song 
G                               Am 
  And in the silence that comes after 
E                             C   Am 
  The dusty floors, they ask 'how long?' 
 
  
And I stay to meet... etc 
 
Am                               Dm 
Soon I'll find winter clothes to hold me 
Am                            Dm 
  And wrap myself against the cold 
G                                Am 
  But frost and fire, they never told me 
E                          C   Am 
  There is no peace in growing old. 
 
Coda: 
E                                  
There is no peace in growing ... old