Intro: G C G D
C G D
The autumn leaves they rush outside my window
C G D
like they've got something so important they must do
C G D/F# Em
Sara will be home now any minute
C Em D
She likes her third grade teacher who looks so much like you
C G D
I struck a match to light the furnace in the hallway
C G D
I can smell the summer dust burning in the vent
C G D/F Em
It's just another thing that brings your memory back to me
C Em D
I think that Sara knows I'm troubled by that scent, she reads my mind
Chorus:
G Em C D
I'm just fine till the end of September
G Em C D
then I remember losing you October eighty-nine
G C D
but if I live in the past, there's no future
G D G
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
C G D
There's a girl I really like down at the office
C G D
me and Sara asked her out for New Year's Eve
C G D/F# Em
It made me cry when I told her all about us
C Em
But Sara says there's nothing wrong with me
D
it just takes time
G Em C D
I'm just fine till the end of September
G Em C D
then I remember losing you October eighty-nine
G C D
but if I live in the past, there's no future
G D G
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
Bridge:
Em C D G
All things work for good has become my favorite verse
Em C D C
Sara told me that they would when the nights get cold
D Em
and the leaves turn rust and gold, that's when your memory hurts
Solo: G D C D
G Em C D
I'm just fine till the end of September
G Em C D
then I remember losing you October eighty-nine
G C D
but if I live in the past, there's no future
G D G Am
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
C D G
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
