Last Leaf(Chords)

	        

Verse 1:
F               C         F 
I'm the last leaf on the tree.  
      Bb                     F             Dm7 
He oughta took the rest, but it won't take me 
F             C           F  
I'm the last leaf on the tree 


Verse 2:
F 
When the autumn wind blows through 
Dm7 
They're already gone 
Bb 
They flutter to the ground 
C 
They just can't hang on 
F 
And there's nothing in this world 
Dm7 
That I ain't seen. 
Bb 
I greet all the new ones  
C 
That are coming and green  

Verse 3:
   
      F        C          F 
Fall on the tree, on the tree. 
Bb                            F              Dm7 
He oughta took the rest, but they won't take me 
      F    C       F 
Last leaf on the tree. 

Verse 4:
F 
They say I got 10 power 
Dm7 
Here on the tree, 
Bb 
but I've been here since Eisenhower  
C 
and I outlived even here  
F               C               F 
I'm alive this last leaf on the tree 
Bb                         F               Dm7 
we ought to took the rest, but they wanted me 
      F              C            F 
I'm alive this last leaf on the tree 

Verse 5:
F 
I fight off the stove, 
Dm7 
I fight off the hail 
Bb 
Nothing makes me go.  
C 
I'm like some vestigial tail 
F 
I'll be here through eternity, 
Dm7 
If you want to know how long, 
Bb 
If they cut down on this tree, 
C 
I'll show up in a song. 

Outro 
      F               C          F 
I'm alive this last leaf on the tree. 
Bb                       F                    Dm7 
The autumn took the rest, but they won't take me 
      F               C          F 
I'm alive this last leaf on the tree  
      F               C          F 
I'm alive this last leaf on the tree  
      F               C           Bb  F 
I'm alive this last leaf on the tree.
	        

Written by Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan