Intro G D C D
Verse
CGD
The autumn leaves they rush outside my window
CGD
Like they've got something so important they must do
CGEmF#
Sara will be home now any minute
CEmD
She likes her third grade teacher and looks so much like you
CGD
I struck a match to light the furnace in the hallway
CGD
I could smell the summer dust burning in the vent
CGD/F#Em
It's just another thing that brings your memory back to me
CEmD
I think Sara knows I'm troubled by that scent she reads my mind
Chorus
GEmCD
I'm just fine until the end of September
GEmCD
Then I remember losing you October '89
GCD
But if I live in the past, there's no future
GDG
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
Verse
CGD
There's a girl I really like down at the office
CGD
Me and Sara asked her out for New Year's Eve
CGD/FEm
It made me cry when I told her all about us
CEm
But Sara says there's nothing wrong with me
D
It just takes time
Chorus
GEmCD
I'm just fine until the end of September
GEmCD
Then I remember losing you October '89
GC
But if I live in the past, there's no future
GDG
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
Bridge
EmC
All things work for good
DG
Has become my favorite verse
EmC
Sara told me that they would
DC
But when the nights get cold
DEmC
And the leaves turn rust and gold
That's when your memory hurts
Solo G D C D
Chorus
GEmCD
I'm just fine until the end of September
GEmCD
Then I remember losing you October '89
GC
But if I live in the past, there's no future
GDG
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
C
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind