Cadd9 G The autumn leaves they rush outside my window Cadd9 G D/F# Like they've got something so important they must do Cadd9 G D/F# Em Sara will be home now any minute Am7 D She likes her third grade class and looks so much like you verse 2 Cadd9 G I struck a match to light the furnace in the hallway Cadd9 G D/F# I could smell the summer dust burning in the vent Cadd9 G D/F# Em7 It's just another thing that brings your memory back to me Am7 Em7 D I think Sara knows I'm troubled by that scent she reads my mind, Hey Chorus G G/B Cadd9 D I'm just fine until the end of September G Em7 Cadd9 D Then I remember losing you October '89 G G/B Cadd9 Am7 But if I live in the past, there's no future G D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Cadd9 G I'm looking forward to leaving October behind Verse 3 There's a girl I really like down at the office Me and Sara asked her out for New Year's Eve It made me cry when I told her all about us But Sara says there's nothing wrong with me It just takes time Chorus G G/B Cadd9 D I'm just fine until the end of September G Em Cadd9 D Then I remember losing you October '89 G G/B Cadd9 Am7 But if I live in the past, there's no future G D G D/F# I'm looking forward to leaving October behind Em7 Am7 All things work for good D G Has become my favorite verse D Em7 Am7 Sara told me that they would Cadd9 Cadd9 But when the nights get cold D G/B Em D/F# Cadd9 Em7 Am7 And the leaves turn rust and go ld D That's when your memory hurts Chorus G G/B Cadd9 D I'm just fine until the end of September G Em7 Cadd9 D Then I remember losing you October '89 G G/B Cadd9 Am7 But if I live in the past, there's no future G D G A I'm looking forward to leaving October be-hind Cadd9 Cadd9 G I'm looking forward to leaving October behind