INTRO: E, A, Am E, G#, A, Am VERSE: E, A, Am E A Am Evening, the sky is glowing E A Am underneath us the grass is slowing down E A Am on its way up to the sun. E, A, Am E A Am Lying around devoting E A Am time to watching the stars exploding E A Am into space one by one. CHORUS: E, G#, A, Am E G# A Am Takes me to a distant place and time E G# A Am this is not the first time I have pined. E G# A Am Puts me in a distant state of mind, E G# A this is not the first time I have pined, Am I pine away. E, A, Am E A Am I love the older people, E A Am they seem to live in a world of simple life E A Am where simple pleasures still belong. E, A, Am E A Am Years past, they contemplated E A Am how the world was less complicated E A Am years before they came along. E, A, Am E G# A Am Takes me to a distant place and time E G# A Am this is not the first time I have pined. E G# A Am Puts me in a distant state of mind, E G# A this is not the first time I have pined, E G# A Am I pine after my home, the yard E G# A Am the olden days, the faraway E G# A Am the stars that rain over it all I pine away... E A Am Lying around devoting E A Am time to watching the stars exploding E A Am into space one by one. E G# A Am Takes me to a distant place and time E G# A Am this is not the first time I have pined. E G# A Am Puts me in a distant state of mind, E G# A this is not the first time I have pined, Am I pine away. E, A, Am E, G#, A, Am E, A, Am E, G#, A