Leaving October(Chords)

	        Intro  G  D  C  D 
 
Verse 
       C                                 G           D 
The autumn leaves they rush outside my window 
              C                                    G       D 
Like they've got something so important they must do 
 C                           G  D/F# Em 
Sara will be home now any minute 
                C                                         Em     D 
She likes her third grade teacher and looks so much like you 
 
             C                                  G        D 
I struck a match to light the furnace in the hallway 
         C                             G       D  
I could smell the summer dust burning in the vent 
             C                                   G  D/F# Em  
It's just another thing that brings your memory back to me 
         C                                Em                D 
I think Sara knows I'm troubled by that scent she reads my mind 

          G              Em       C        D 
I'm just fine until the end of September 
          G        Em        C       D 
Then I remember losing you October '89 
           G                           C        D 
But if I live in the past, there's no future 
              G           D              G 
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
 
 
 
Verse 
            C                              G       D 
There's a girl I really like down at the office 
        C                                 G        D 
Me and Sara asked her out for New Year's Eve 
            C                        G  D/F#  Em 
It made me cry when I told her all about us 
      C                                   Em 
But Sara says there's nothing wrong with me 
                D 
It just takes time 

           G            Em         C        D 
I'm just fine until the end of September  
          G        Em          C     D 
Then I remember losing you October '89 
          G                            C       
But if I live in the past, there's no future 
               G          D               G 
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
 
 
 
Bridge 
 Em                  C 
All things work for good 
      D                 G 
Has become my favorite verse 
      Em                 C 
Sara told me that they would 
              D           C 
But when the nights get cold 
          D                    Em        C 
And the leaves turn rust and gold 
 
That's when your memory hurts 
 
 
Solo  G  D  C  D 
 
Chorus 
           G             Em         C        D 
I'm just fine until the end of September 
          G        Em         C      D 
Then I remember losing you October '89 
           G                            C        
But if I live in the past, there's no future 
              G           D              G 
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind 
              C 
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind
	        

Written by Tom Douglas/Drew Womack