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In the Spring of my life, she came to me  
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She brought sunshine,    where winter winds, had blown  
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Then I took her for my wife, in the spring of my life  
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And she brought me a joy,    I never known  
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And the years, they went by, in the spring of my life  
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And in summer,    she blessed, me with a child  
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Love continued to grow, in the summer of my life  
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And in every morning sun,    I saw her smile  
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But in the autumn of my years, I noticed the tears  
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And I knew that our life, was in the past  
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Though I tried to pretend, I knew it was the end  
        Am           Dm7   G7             C    Em7 A7  
For the autumn of my life,    had come at last  
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Now what, what do you say, to a child of ten ?  
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How do you tell him, his daddy's going away ?  
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Do I tell him, that I, reached the autumn of my life   
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And that he'll understand,    some winter's day ?  
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Now the rose can't be found, on a snow covered ground  
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And the Sun,    can not shine, through cloudy skys  
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But I'm richer, you see, for the years she gave to me  
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And I'm content, in the autumn, of my life...