4 of the Best Country Songs About Fall

Country music has its fair share of summertime anthems. In fact, it’s what the genre excels at most. Nevertheless, there are a few songs about the changing of the seasons that deserve some praise as well. As summer comes to a close and fall starts to roll in, check out four stellar country songs that capture the spirit of the season, below.

4 of the Best Country Songs About Fall

1. “Autumn’s Not That Cold” (Lorrie Morgan)

Fall is rife with metaphors. Everything starts to wane: the sun, the leaves, and the warm weather. Because of that, it’s fodder for a song about change. In Lorrie Morgan’s “Autumn’s Not That Cold,” she faces the loss of love head on. Much to her surprise, heartache doesn’t seem to hurt that bad and autumn’s not that cold.

Beck here the leaves are turning

On me just like you

Change is full of color

And it’s anything but blue

I thought that I’d stop living

Without you here to hold

But I’m just not that lonesome

And autumn’s not that cold

2. “Chill of an Early Fall” (George Strait)

Next up on our list of country songs about fall, we have a George Strait hit. Contrastingly, Strait finds fall to be fairly chilly. In “Chill of an Early Fall,” Strait wrestles with infidelity. The weather is starting to crisp up and his heart is starting to break. While his lover finds someone new, he’s left to weather the storm.

And I’ll begin to feel the chill of an early fall.

And I’ll be drinking again and thinking whenever he calls,

There’s a storm coming on, it won’t be too long till the snow falls.

Oh I’ll be sobersome,

But when October comes and goes and no time at all

I’ll begin to feel the chill of an early fall

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3. “Harvest Time” (Luke Bryan)

For many people, fall calls to mind a harvest. Luke Bryan–having grown up farming–decided to take his song about autumn in that direction. Bryan has many tracks that act as vignettes of small town life. Few are as cozy and touching as this one.

It’s harvest time in this little town

Time to bring it on in, pay the loans down

Fill our diesel tank up, make another round

There’s a big red moon comin’ up in the sky

Combine’s cuttin’ in a staggered line

The only time of year we miss the church bells chime

It’s harvest time

4. “The Boys of Fall” (Kenny Chesney)

Another familiar face of fall is the onset of football season. In “The Boys of Fall,” Kenny Chesney creates an ode to the high school football team. It’ll be nostalgic to anyone looking back on their days on the field. And what is fall for, if not slowing down and taking time to remember where you’ve been?

Well, it’s turn and face the Stars and Stripes

It’s fighting back them butterflies

It’s call it in the air, alright, yes sir, we want the ball

And it’s knocking heads and talking trash

It’s slinging mud and dirt and grass

It’s I got your number, I got your back when your back’s against the wall

You mess with one man you got us all

The boys of fall

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