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[Verse]

   C                       F
Just a trace of gold in the leaves today
   C                       G
Just a touch of grey in my hair
   Am                   Em
The stream along this road
   F             C
Runs a little colder
    Dm                            Bb    G
There's a hint of a chill in the air

     C            F            C     F
The blue sky is fading into purple
   C               F            G
Late afternoon is gliding to a close
         Am            Em
With my hands on the wheel
     F             C
I wonder how it feels
                Dm
If you're the last bloom of the summer
         F           Bb  G
Or the first autumn rose


[Chorus]

    F                 C
So I pull off this highway
         G                     C
I drive the winding roads instead
    F             C
Thoughts of the bad years
     G               Am
Disappear 'cause up ahead
  F            Em
Off in the distance
      Am                   Em
Is a strange and soothing sight
         Dm
Mountains look like sleeping manatees
       F              Bb    G
This cool September night

             F            C
I leave my car by the roadside
    G               C
And I hike up that hill
     F                  C
Stars circle in slow motion here
 G               Am
As they always will

     F           Em
A million miles away
              Am          Em
From where I was this afternoon
 Dm           F            Bb     G
I wrap my misgivings in a tune
         Dm     F       G               C  Em
While I'm shining my flashlight on the moon
    Dm    F       G
I am shining my flashlight
 Dm              Em
It's gonna be a long long night
      Dm   F          G               C    F
So I'm shining my flashlight on the moon

[Outro]

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