50 Best Country Songs About Autumn
Country music for crisp leaves and colder nights
There’s something strange that happens when the air shifts. The light softens, the bugs finally shut up, and you catch yourself dragging your hoodie sleeves down over your hands without really noticing. Fall doesn’t crash in the way summer does. It creeps, one chilly morning at a time, and next thing you know you’re driving with the windows cracked, watching your breath in the rearview. Country music hits different in this stretch. Less tailgates, more reflection. Guitars with a little dust in them. Fiddles that sound like they’ve been sitting in the barn all year. There’s this slow pull toward home, or whatever’s pretending to be home now.
It’s the season where things feel quieter but heavier. Relationships tighten or fray, depending on how much was real once the heat burned off. You start thinking too much in coffee shops. Friday night football smells like regret and hot dogs. And the songs? The good ones sound like they were written with calluses. Some tug at old memories you thought were buried with last year’s Halloween costume. Some lean into the wind and let the harmonies unravel a little. The best ones never try to sound too clean. This isn’t the season for pretending you’ve got it all figured out.
Maybe that’s why these tracks work the way they do. There’s no gloss. Just country voices you can actually believe, singing like they’ve walked through this kind of weather before. And sure, you’ll find pieces of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that catch the same feeling, but there’s something rooted in the soil with these picks. They smell like bonfires and sound like leaving something behind on purpose. Here are the best country songs for fall.
Top 10 Fall Country Songs
1. 'The Boys of Fall'—Kenny Chesney
2. 'Colder Weather'—Zac Brown Band
3. 'Harvest Time'—Luke Bryan
4. 'Autumn's Not That Cold'—Lorrie Morgan
5. 'Fall'—Clay Walker
6. 'Chill of an Early Fall'—George Strait
7. 'A Little More Summertime'—Jason Aldean
8. 'When the Work's All Done This Fall'—Marty Robbins
9. 'September'—Corb Lund
10. 'Strawberry Wine'—Deana Carter
More Country Songs for Autumn #11—20
11. '’Til Summer Comes Around'—Keith Urban
12. 'Forever Autumn'—Jeff Wayne
13. 'Here's to the Farmer'—Luke Bryan
14. 'Seasons of My Heart'—Johnny Cash
15. 'The Long Way'—Brett Eldredge
16. 'I Love a Rainy Night'—Eddie Rabbitt
17. 'Home Game'—Cole Swindell
18. 'Unforgettable'—Thomas Rhett
19. 'Take Back Home Girl'—Chris Lane featuring Tori Kelly
20. 'The Seashores of Old Mexico'—George Strait
Country Songs for Fall Weather #21—30
21. 'Overdue'—Cody Johnson
22. 'Autumn Leaves'—Bob Dylan
23. 'Harvest Moon'—Neil Young
24. 'My Autumns Done Come'—Roy Harper
25. 'Love Me Now'—Billy Currington
26. 'October'—Ryan Adams
27. 'Fade Into You'—Sam Palladio
28. 'Back to December'—Taylor Swift
29. 'I Can’t Wait'—Stevie Nicks
30. 'November Rain'—Guns N' Roses
Country Songs with Harvest Themes #31—40
31. 'American Honey'—Lady A
32. 'Springsteen'—Eric Church
33. 'You Say'—Lauren Daigle
34. 'The Best Day'—Taylor Swift
35. 'Long Hard Fall'—Will Hoge
36. 'Autumn'—Donovan
37. 'When the Leaves Come Falling Down'—Van Morrison
38. 'November'—Guns N' Roses
39. 'Autumn Song'—Manic Street Preachers
40. 'Fall to Pieces'—Pat Benatar
Country Songs About Change #41—50
41. 'When October Comes'—The Moody Blues
42. 'Changes'—David Bowie
43. 'November Sky'—The Gaslight Anthem
44. 'Fall into Me'—Emeli Sandé
45. 'Autumn Leaves'—Ed Sheeran
46. 'October'—U2
47. 'When the Leaves Begin to Fall'—The Temptations
48. 'Autumn's Lullaby'—Sia
49. 'September Song'—Frank Sinatra
50. 'Autumn Serenade'—The Modernaires
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