Written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren
Intro: Verse Rustling of the leaves used to be my lullaby In the sunny South when I was a tot so high And now that I have grown and myself alone Melody Cm Am5-/7 D7 G7/13- Cradle me where southern skies Gm7 C7 Fm7 Eb7M/9 Can watch me with a million eyes Dm5-/7 Oh sing me to sleep G7/13- Cm Ab7 G7 Lullaby of the leaves Cm Am5-/7 D7 G7/13- Cover me with heaven's blue Gm7 C7 Fm7 Eb7M/9 And let me dream a dream or two Dm5-/7 Oh sing me to sleep G7/13- Cm Ab7 G7 Lullaby of the leaves Fm7 I'm breezing along, along with the breeze Ab7 I'm hearing a song, a song through the trees C6 Gsus9 C6 C7 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Fm7 That pine melody caressing the shore Ab7 Familiar to me, I've heard it before C6 A7 Dm5-/7 G7/13- Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh that's Southland Cm Am5-/7 D7 G7/13- Don't I feel it in my soul Gm7 C7 Fm7 Eb9 And don't I know I've reached my goal Dm5-/7 Oh sing me to sleep G7/13- Cm Ab7 G7 Cm Lullaby of the leaves