A E D
[Verse 1]
A D E
When it's closing time in late September
D E
And the street lights search for shadows on my mind
A D A D
When the bars all holler last call and the moon’s on her descent
A E A D
I stagger towards the morning, a new day to begin
A E E/F# D
Counting down to closing time again
[Verse 2]
A D E
She swears my youthful glow is only hiding
D E
Just beyond the borders of my mind
A D A D
But these rollin' hills don't bind me, they simply remind me
A E A D
The sun is sinking low, and all I’ve left behind me
A E E/F# D
Counting down to closing time again
[Chorus]
E D A
Darlin' I've been thinking, is it selfish pride
E D E
Keeps a man from sharing all the tears he hides?
[Verse 3]
A D E
Cause when it's closing time in late September
D E
And the summer turns slowly into fall
A D A D
Our mother, with such splendour, dies in brilliant colour
A E A D
Thoughts once put together by a 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 A
Darlin' I've been thinking, is it selfish pride
E D E
Keeps a man from sharing all the tears he hides?
[Verse 4]
A D E
Cause when it's closing time in late September
D E
It's hard to hide how much I miss her so
A D A D
As a tenderness of memories unfolds itself within me
A E A D
With such gravity unyielding in the land of the living
A E E/F# D
Counting down to closing time again
