Intro: 
 
      (piano:) 
 
      C#m6      Ab 
        / / / /  / / / / 
 
      C#m6      G# N.C.; 1: cellos enter  2: end cold
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / / 
 
Verse 1: 
 
      C#m6              Abm       Eb/G 
           Just like a breath of spring 
      C#m6             Abm   Eb 
           You came my way 
      C#m6           Abm       Eb/G 
           I heard a bluebird sing 
      C#m6          C#sus C# 
           But not today 
 
Chorus: 
 
      (band enters): 
 
        F#           F#7  B
      'Cause it's wintertime 
       F#            F#7   B
      And the leaves are brown 
      E               E7  A
        Since you went away 
 
      (strings): 
 
      C#m6                Abm              C#�7 
           My world fell down 
                             (my world fell down) 
           1,2,4: C#m7-5
               3:  G#m  C# ; to top of chorus
      My world fell down 
            Ab 
      Fell down 
 
LP version: repeat intro
 
Verse 2: 
 
      I see your suitcase lying 
      Packed up to go 
      I stop myself from crying 
      How I don't know 
 
repeat chorus
 
Bridge 1: 
 
      (acapella w/strings; chords implied): 
 
      C#m6      Abm        3X
        / / / /  / / / / 
 
      C#m6      Ab N.C.
        / / / /  / 
 
Bridge 2 45 version only:
 
      sound effects with occasional G organ bass
 
      (acapella w/organ:) 
 
      Ab                       C# 
      Wish I didn't feel like Winter 
               Ab                       C# 
      'Cause Spring's a better thing I know 
         Ab                    Fm 
      I know I'd feel so much better 
      C#                    C#7M C#7 
      If I could only let her go 
 
repeat chorus, 2X