Standard (EADGBE)

2x

He came down through fields of green

 On the summer side of life

 His love was ripe

 There were no illusions

 On the summer side of life

 Only tenderness

 And if you saw him now

 You d wonder why he d cry

 The whole day long

There were young girls everywhere

 On the summer side of life

 The talked all night

 To the young men that they knew

 On the summer side of life

 Going off to fight

 And if you saw them now

 You d wonder why they d cry

 The whole day long

He came down through fields of green

 On the summer side of life

 He prayed all night

 Then he walked into a house

 Where love had been misplaced

 His chance to waste

 And if you saw him now

 You d wonder why he d cry

 The whole day long