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Song title:          Autumn Leaves 
Original Song title: Les Feuilles Mortes (Yves Montand and Iréne Joachim)
Original Album:	     Les portes de la nuit (soundtrack)
Other Album:         Live at Blues Alley (Eva Cassidy)

French Words by Jacques Prévert; Music by Joseph Kosma
English Words by Johnny Mercer;

Copyright © 1947 Enoch & Cie/Ardmore Music Corporation (France)
      and © 1996 Eva Music

Published by International Music Publications Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



NOTES:
The transcription is from a performance at the Blues Alley jazz supper club
in Georgetown, D.C., 3rd January 1996.

Capo on 1. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:

                  Dm                G                                Cadd9            G/B               Am              G6
|-----------------1-p-0-----------|-----------------------------0---|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------3---1---|-0---------------0---1---3-------|-3---------------3---------1p0---|-1-------0h1-----0---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------0-----------------------|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------0-------|
|-----------------0---------------|-----0-------0-------------------|-----2-------2-------0-----------|-----2-------2-------2-------0---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------0---2-------|-3---------------2---------------|-0-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


 
  F7                                E7                                Am                                Am9
|-----------------1---------------|-----------------0---------------|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------0-------0-------|-----1---------------------------|---------0-------0---------------|
|-2-----------2-----------2-------|-------------1---------------1---|---------2-----------0-------0---|-----5-----------5---------------|
|---------1-----------1-------1---|---------0-----------0-----------|-----2-------2---2/4-----4-------|-----5-------5-------------------|
|-----3---------------------------|-----2---------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|-1---------------1---------------|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

                                                                                                                           The falling...





VERSE1:

  Dm7                               G               Am7     G/B       Cadd9                             F
|-1---------------1---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------1---------------|
|---------1---------------1-------|-0---------------1-------3-------|-3-----------------------3-------|---------1---------------1-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|-0---------------0---------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2---0-------2-------|-3---------------3---------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------0-------2-------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

  leaves                                                   drift by       my win   -  dow




  Dm7                               E7                                Am                                Am9
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------0-------------------0---|
|---------1---------------1-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------0-------0-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-------------1---------------1---|---------2-----------0-------0---|-----5-------5-----------5-------|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------0---------------0-------|-----2-------2---2/4-----4-------|-----5-------5-------5-----------|
|---------------------------------|-----2---------------2-----------|-0-------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

  The fall  - ing     leaves___________________ are all______         red and gold                                          I       see




  Dm7                               G                                 C                                 F
|-----------------1-------1-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1-----------------------|-0---------------1-------3-------|-1---------------1-------1-------|---------1---------------1-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------0---|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|-0---------------0---------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2---0-------2-------|-3---------------3---------------|
|-------------------------0-------|-----------------0-------2-------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

  your lips                                                     the   summer kisses,                                            the


  

  Dm7                               E7                                Am                                Am9
|-----------------1---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------0---------------0-------|
|---------1---------------1-------|-------------0-------------------|-----------------1/3-------------|---------0-------0---------------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------------------1-----------|---------2-----------0-------0---|-----5-------5---------------5---|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------0-------0-----------0---|-----2-------2---2/4-----4-------|---------------------5-----------|
|---------------------------------|-----2-------------------2-------|-0-------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-----------------------0-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

  sun-burned hands                          I________________                     used to hold                                     Since


 

 Esus4                              E7                      E/G#      Am                                Am9
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------0-----------0-------|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|---------5-------0-------0-------|
|---------2---------------2-------|-1---------------2-------4-------|---------2-----------0-------0---|-------------5-------------------|
|---------------------2-------2---|-----0-------0-------0-----------|-----2-------2---2/4-----4-------|-----5---------------5-------5---|
|-----2---------------------------|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------3---------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0---------------2-------4-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

      you went away                                the days_____          grow long______________________                       And





VERSE2:

  Dm7                               G               Am7     G/B       Cadd9                             F
|-----------------1---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1---------------1-------|-0---------------1-------3-------|-3-----------------------3-------|---------1-----------------------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------------------|
|-0---------------0---------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2---0-------2-------|-3---------------3---------------|
|-------------------------0-------|-----------------0-------2-------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

      soon    I'll hear______________                   old______     ________winter's    song___________                       but I


  

  Dm7                               E7                                Am              C/G               F#m7b5
|-1---------------1---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1---------------1-------|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------1-------------------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-------------1---------------1---|---------2---------------0-------|-2-------2---------------2-------|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------0---------------0-------|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2---------------2-------2---|
|---------------------------------|-----2---------------2-----------|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|-----------------3---------------|-2---------------2---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

  miss you                                      most of all____________                       my dar  - ling



                                                                                                                             Piano SOLO:
  F7                                E7                                Am                                Am9
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------0-----------------------|
|-----------------------------1---|-------------0-------------------|-----------------1/3-------------|---------0-------0-------0-------|
|-------------2-----------2-------|---------1---------------1-------|---------2-----------0-------0---|-----5-------5-----------5---0---|
|---------1-----------1-----------|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-------2---2/4-----4-------|-----5-------5-------5-----------|
|-----3---------------------------|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|-1---------------1---------------|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 

                      When          autumn leaves               start     to fall


      


PIANO SOLO (over acoustic guitar accompaniment):


Acoustic guitar:
  Dm7                               G               Am7     G/B       C                                 Fmaj7
|-----------------1---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|
|---------1---------------1-------|-0---------------1-------3-------|-1-----------1---1---------------|---------1---------------1-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|-0---------------0---------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-----------0-------0h2-----|-3---------------3---------------|
|-------------------------0-------|-----------------0-------2-------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




  Dm7                               E7                                Am              Am13              Am9
|-----------------1---------------|-------------------------0-------|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
|---------1---------------1-------|-----------------0-----------0---|-----1-------1---1/3-------------|---------0-------0-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-------------1-------1-----------|---------2-----------0-------0---|-----5-------5-----------2-------|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------0-----------------------|-----2-------2---2/3-----3-------|-----5-------5-------5-------5---|
|-------------------------0-------|-----2---------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




  Dm7                               G               Am7     G/B       C                                 Fmaj7
|---------1-------1-------1-------|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|---------0-------0-------0-------|
|---------1-----------------------|-0-------0-------1-------3-------|-1-------1-------1---------------|-1-------1-------1-------1-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|-0---------------0---------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2---0-------0h2-----|-3---------------3---------------|
|-------------------------0-------|-----------------0-------2-------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




  Dm7                               E7                                Am              Am13              Am9
|---------1-------1---------------|-------------------------0-------|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------1-------|-----------------0-----------0---|-----1-------1---1/3-------------|---------5-------0-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-------------1-------1-----------|---------2-----------0-------0---|-------------5-------------------|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------0-----------------------|-----2-------2---2/3-----3-------|-----5---------------5-------5---|
|---------------------------------|-----2---------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

                                                                                                                           Since   you



 Esus4                              E7                      E/G#      Am/G            Am13              Am9
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------0-----------------------|
|-------------0-----------0-------|-------------------------0-------|---------------------------------|-------------1---0-------0-------|
|---------2---------------2-------|-1-------1-------2---------------|---------2-----------0-------0---|---------------------0-------0---|
|---------------------2-------2---|-----0-------0-------0-------2---|-----2-------2---2/4-----4-------|-----2---------------------------|
|-----2---------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0---------------2-------4-------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

  went away                                        the days_____      grow __________ long_________________________________ and




  Dm7                               G               Am7     G/B       C                                 Fadd9
|-1---------------1---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
|---------1---------------1-------|-0---------------1-------3-------|-1---------------1-------1-------|---------1-------1---------------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------0-------0---|-----2-------2---2---------------|
|-0---------------0---------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2---0-------2-------|-3---------------3---------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------0-------2-------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

                  soon I'll hear                        old                                                                     but I




  Dm7                               E7                                Am              C/G               F#m7b5
|-1---------------1---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1---------------1-------|---------------------------------|-------------1-------------------|-------------1-------------------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-------------1---------------1---|---------2---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------0---------------0-------|-----2---------------2-------2---|-----2---------------2-------2---|
|---------------------------------|-----2---------------2-----------|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|-----------------3---------------|-2---------------2---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

  miss you                                  most of all                                       my darl - ing__________________________

                          


  F7                                E7                                Am                                Am9
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------0-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------1/3-------------|---------0-------0-------0-------|
|-------------2---------------2---|-------------1---------------1---|---------2-----------0-------0---|-----5-------5-----------5---0---|
|---------1---------------1-------|---------0---------------0-------|-----2-------2---2/4-----4-------|-----5-------5-------5-----------|
|-----3---------------3-----------|-----2---------------2-----------|-0-------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|-1---------------1---------------|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

                      When autumn   leaves                                start to fall                                     I________


      

  Dm7                               E7                      E/G#      Am              C/G               F#m7b5
|-----------------1-------1-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1-------1---------------|---------------------------------|---------1---------------1-------|---------1---------------1-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---1-------|-1-------1-------2-------4-------|---------2---------------0-------|-2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|-0---------------0-----------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------0---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0---------------2-------4-------|-----------------3---------------|-2---------------2---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

  miss you                    most__    of  all______               ___                       my        dar  -  ling_________________




  F7                                E7                                Am                                Am9
|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------0-------0---------------|
|-------------1-------------------|---------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|---------0-------0---------------|
|---------2-----------------------|-------------1-------------------|---------2-----------0-------0---|-----5-------5---5---------------|
|-----1---------------------------|---------0-----------------------|-----2-------2---2/4-----4-------|-----5-------5---5---------------|
|---------------------------------|-----2---------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|-1---------------1---------------|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

                       When autumn  leaves             start to fall_____________________________________