[Intro] Fm  Gm  Fm  Gm
        Ab  Eb7M  Ab  Bb  Eb7M 

Fm         Gm 
So much confusion
Fm               Gm  
When autumn comes around
        Ab          Eb7M
What to do about October
       Ab             Bb
How to smile behind a frown?
                Eb+7
It's hard to settle down

Fm        Gm   
It's so bemusing
Fm                     Gm
Will they cancel the parade?
    Ab            Eb7M
We marched each October
         Ab                     Bb 
Now they say we were never even saved
           Eb7M
We must be very brave

Cm         Dm      Em 
Shall I rewrite or revise
     F
My October symphony?
   Fm        Eb7M
Or as an indication
Dm            Cm
Change the dedication
      Bb                Eb7M
From revolution to revelation?

So we're all drinking
As leaves fall to the ground
Because we've been thinking
How October's let us down
Then and now

Shall we remember
December instead?
Or worry about February?
Mourn our war-torn dead
Never seeing red?

Cm         Dm      Em 
Shall I rewrite or revise
     F
My October symphony?
   Fm        Eb7M
Or as an indication
Dm            Cm
Change the dedication
      Bb                Eb7M
From revolution to revelation?

( Fm  Gm  Fm  Gm ) 
( Fm  Gm  Fm  Gm ) 
( Eb7M  Cm  Bb )
( Eb7M  Cm  Bb )
( Eb7M  Cm  Bb  Eb7M )