September Song

INTRO: D  Em  G  A  D  Em  G  

A  Em  A  Em  A  Em  A   D

                        Em     
The wild geese flew overhead in 
        G      A
Pennsylvania
  D                       Em      
I thought of a few choice words I 
         G         A
ought to send you
    Em                       A
You know if I thought it was right
       Em                 G       
I'd pretend that you were here 
       A      D
with me tonight


                        Em         
The ghost of a frontier lady walked
             G           A
 through the tall rooms
      D           Em              
Of an old Ontario farmhouse under 
  G          A
a full moon
   Em                     A
We sat in the kitchen all night
Em                      A    
Drinking good whiskey until the 
           D
morning light


CHORUS:
        Em                 A
Did you ever think I would go
            D   G                 
Out on this road you told me I 
   A
would take
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      D    Em  A  D
Long ago?


                        Em      
On a Roanoke back-road, laughing 
          G           A
beside a cold stove
            D                     
We sang for old black Francis and 
Em                  G          A
Bessie, songs about true love
        Em             A
All the songs I ever knew
Em                  G            
Came back to me and brought me 
      A
back to you


    D                       Em    
The leaves were turning, we felt 
          G        A
the summer passing
        D                     Em  
Knowing things were changing, even
         G        A
 without asking
       Em                  A
Like a photograph faded in time
     Em                A          
In a cabin lost in the Blue Ridge 
         D
mountain pines


INSTRUMENTAL: Em  A  Em  A  Em  A  D


                    Em             
The wind is blowing cold across the
 G     A
 bay
    D             Em            G
And Massachusetts seems so far 
    A
away
         Em           A
From the California tides
    Em                G           
The rolling hills and roads I used
    A
 to ride


        D              Em     
I'll be leaving in the morning, 
         G      A
seeing faces
   D                 Em        
Of friends I leave behind in all 
        G       A
these places
    Em                A
And though I'm coming home
    Em                     A      
I'm not coming back to California 
     D
all alone


CHORUS:
    Em                  A
You always knew I would go
    D                G            
Out on this road you took yourself
  A
 once
         D
So long ago