Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
My sincere apologies- I know we’re just heading into summer but this melody came to me and then the words, about leaves dancing and it just became an autumnal song and
a reflection on life and the seasons.
Sorry about that - maybe come back to this one in October
An original song with chords and lyrics
melody and lyrics by Harriet Barbir
g. am, d, g
The leaves are dancing with the wind today
they’re tumbling down as if they want to play
before the winter sweeps them all away
they dance together for another day
g. am, d, g
Time is fleeting, autumns almost done
we’ve said goodbye to spring and summer sun
each day the golden leaves form a little more
a vibrant carpet laid upon earth’s floor.
chorus
(em) and you and i have watched the seasons’s hue (c)
(g) and things keep changing like they always do(d)
(em) lets just embrace the changes come what may(c)
(g) and dance together for another day(d)
(g) The days grow shorter, (am) darker nights draw near
But I wont care so (d) long as you are here(g)
Time keeps passing (am)?and all things move on
(d) that’s the one thing we can rely upon (g)
chorus
(em) you and i have watched the seasons’s hue(c)
and (g) things keep changing like they always do(d)
(em) lets just embrace the changes come what (c) may
and (g) dance together for another day(d)
(am) and when the shadow falls (d)
(em) we’ll still be standing tall (d7)
(g) The world grows quiet as the colors (am)fade,
A patchwork (d) carpet nature’s hands have made (g)
(g)We walk together through the autumn air(am)
Towards (d) tomorrow and a life we share. (g)
My sincere apologies- I know we’re just heading into summer but this melody came to me and then the words, about leaves dancing and it just became an autumnal song and
a reflection on life and the seasons.
Sorry about that - maybe come back to this one in October
An original song with chords and lyrics
melody and lyrics by Harriet Barbir
g. am, d, g
The leaves are dancing with the wind today
they’re tumbling down as if they want to play
before the winter sweeps them all away
they dance together for another day
g. am, d, g
Time is fleeting, autumns almost done
we’ve said goodbye to spring and summer sun
each day the golden leaves form a little more
a vibrant carpet laid upon earth’s floor.
chorus
(em) and you and i have watched the seasons’s hue (c)
(g) and things keep changing like they always do(d)
(em) lets just embrace the changes come what may(c)
(g) and dance together for another day(d)
(g) The days grow shorter, (am) darker nights draw near
But I wont care so (d) long as you are here(g)
Time keeps passing (am)?and all things move on
(d) that’s the one thing we can rely upon (g)
chorus
(em) you and i have watched the seasons’s hue(c)
and (g) things keep changing like they always do(d)
(em) lets just embrace the changes come what (c) may
and (g) dance together for another day(d)
(am) and when the shadow falls (d)
(em) we’ll still be standing tall (d7)
(g) The world grows quiet as the colors (am)fade,
A patchwork (d) carpet nature’s hands have made (g)
(g)We walk together through the autumn air(am)
Towards (d) tomorrow and a life we share. (g)





![Slow it Down - an original song
studio version of this song.
Slow it down - Lyrics and Melody by Harriet Barbir
Many thanks to Sebastian Stone for the wonderful guitar
recorded at SKP recording studios London
illustrationcreated on craiyon
chords (hopefully in the right place)
and lyrics
Let’s slow it down
c, g,dm, if we had forever
c, g, dm, i wouldn’t measure time
c, g, dm i wouldnt count the heartbeats
c, g, dm between your heart and mine
c, g, dm you’re the reason time is precious
and i want it to slow down
you’re the reason that I stay here
that I want to be around
(Am) but time moves fast it doesn’t last (dm)
(em) let’s slow it (am)
down,
let’s slow it down
(dm) the sand is slipping through (am) our hands
(em) let’s slow it down let’s slow it down
am
(c) let’s make a moment (g) last a lifetime (dm)
(c) let’s make (g ) our dreams reality (dm)
(c) let’s promise (g) each tomorrow (dm)
(c ) let’s make each (g ) day eternity (dm )
(Am) cause time moves fast it doesn’t last (dm)
(em) let’s slow it (am)
down,
let’s slow it down
(dm) the sand is slipping through (am ) our hands
(em) let’s slow it down let’s slow it down
(am)
(f) If forever was a promise, (g )I’d make that (em) promise true (am )
(f ) Every second, every heartbeat, (g ) I’d spent( em) them with you (am)
(c) let’s make a moment (g) last a lifetime (dm)
(c) let’s make (g ) our dreams reality (dm)
(c) let’s promise (g) each tomorrow (dm)
(c ) let’s make each (g ) day eternity (dm )
Am) cause time moves fast it doesn’t last (dm)
(em) let’s slow it (am)
down,
let’s slow it down
(dm) the sand is slipping through (am ) our hands
(em) let’s slow it down let’s slow it down
(am)
I want to make this g
moment ff last,
let’s slow it down, slow
it down
- [ ] Slow it Down - an original song](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xQ13xUJnwC4/mqdefault.jpg)




