steady beat - capo 2 frets or one tone higher --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (intro - same as 1st and 2nd verse line): DG DG (verse) D G Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rain D G Summertime has come and gone and everybody's home again A C G Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs A C G I can still taste the wedding cake and it's sweet after all these years (chorus) G C D These are the last words I have to say C D That's why it took so long to write C D There will be other words some other day C D But that's the story of my life (verse) D G There's comfort in my coffee cup and apples in the early fall D G They're pulling all the moorings up and gathering at the Legion Hall A C G They swept away all the streamers after the Labor Day parade A C G There's Nothing left for a dreamer now, only one final serenade (chorus) G C D And these are the last words I have to say C D Before another age goes by C D With all those other songs I'll have to play C D AG But that's the story of my life (bridge) G C G D And it's so clear standing here where I am F C G Ain't that what justice is for? Bb F Bb C G D Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn anymore (verse - 1st und 2nd line instrumental) DG DG A C G Stack the chairs on the table tops, hang the sheets on the chandeliers A C G It slows down but it never stops, ain't it sweet after all these years (chorus) G C D And these are the last words I have to say C D It's always hard to say goodbye C D But now it's time to put this book away C D But that's the story of my life (chorus) G C D These are the last words I have to say C D That's why it took so long to write C D There will be other words some other day C D Ain't that the story of my life (chorus) G C D These are the last words I have to say C D Before another age goes by C D With all those other songs I'll have to play C D Ain't that the story of my life (chorus - instrumental fade out) GCD