Leaving October
Sons Of The Desert
transcribed by Alden Smith
Intro G D C D
Verse
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 and looks so much like you
C G D
I struck a match to light the furnace in the hallway
C G D
I could 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 Sara knows I'm troubled by that scent she reads my mind
Chorus
G Em C D
I'm just fine until the end of September
G Em C D
Then I remember losing you October '89
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
Verse
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
Chorus
G Em C D
I'm just fine until the end of September
G Em C D
Then I remember losing you October '89
G C
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
All things work for good
D G
Has become my favorite verse
Em C
Sara told me that they would
D C
But when the nights get cold
D Em C
And the leaves turn rust and gold
That's when your memory hurts
Solo G D C D
Chorus
G Em C D
I'm just fine until the end of September
G Em C D
Then I remember losing you October '89
G C
But if I live in the past, there's no future
G D G
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
C
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
Outro G D C
