Intro  G  D  C  D

Verse
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The autumn leaves they rush outside my window
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Like they've got something so important they must do
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Sara will be home now any minute
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She likes her third grade teacher and looks so much like you

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I struck a match to light the furnace in the hallway
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I could smell the summer dust burning in the vent
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It's just another thing that brings your memory back to me
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I think Sara knows I'm troubled by that scent she reads my mind


Chorus
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I'm just fine until the end of September
          G        Em        C       D
Then I remember losing you October '89
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But if I live in the past, there's no future
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I'm looking forward to leaving October behind


Verse
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There's a girl I really like down at the office
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Me and Sara asked her out for New Year's Eve
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It made me cry when I told her all about us
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But Sara says there's nothing wrong with me
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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
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But if I live in the past, there's no future
               G          D               G
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind


Bridge
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All things work for good
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Has become my favorite verse
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Sara told me that they would
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But when the nights get cold
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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