Late September

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[Verse 1]
A                   D       
When it's closing time in late 
       E
September
D                              
And the street lights search for 
                 E
shadows on my mind
          A                    D  
When the bars all holler last call
           A              D
 and the moon’s on her descent
     A                   E     A 
I stagger towards the morning, a 
         D
new day to begin
A            E         E/F#       D
Counting down to closing time again


[Verse 2]
A                        D       
She swears my youthful glow is 
    E
only hiding
D                               E
Just beyond the borders of my mind
            A                   D 
But these rollin' hills don't bind
    A               D
 me, they simply remind me
A                   E   A       
The sun is sinking low, and all 
             D
I’ve left behind me
Continúa después del anuncio
A                  E      E/F#  
Counting down to closing time 
    D
again


[Chorus]
E                           D    
Darlin' I've been thinking, is it
         A
 selfish pride
E                              
Keeps a man from sharing all the 
   D        E
tears he hides?


[Verse 3]
A                         D      
Cause when it's closing time in 
        E
late September
           D                    
And the summer turns slowly into 
  E
fall
     A                   D      A
Our mother, with such splendour, 
                   D
dies in brilliant colour
A                      E   A    
Thoughts once put together by a 
                D
hospital room window
A                  E     E/F#     D
Counting down to closing time again


[Mandolin solo](Verse Chords)

A D E D E A D A D A E A D A E E/F# D


[Chorus]
E                           D    
Darlin' I've been thinking, is it
         A
 selfish pride
E                              
Keeps a man from sharing all the 
   D        E
tears he hides?


[Verse 4]
A                         D      
Cause when it's closing time in 
        E
late September
      D                          
It's hard to hide how much I miss 
     E
her so
      A               D        A 
As a tenderness of memories 
              D
unfolds itself within me
A                     E       A 
With such gravity unyielding in 
                  D
the land of the living
A             E         E/F#     D
Counting down to closing time again