Summers Almost Over by Cheryl Wheeler
Key: GG | Capo: 3fr |  Left-Handed 

    



Intro: G   Am   G
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Summer's almost over and I'm crying, but I don't know why
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Sentimental old fool, weeping for this blue, blue sky
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And the way the cat is sleeping and the way the garden grew
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Wagging dogs who lick my face and the way I feel for you
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Paddling in the kayaks, with my sister, through the quiet creek
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Moon upon the water and the river breeze upon my cheek
        D                               C
And the way my father shuffles with his courage and his cane
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And the way September bluffs and feints 'til autumn falls again
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Summer's almost over and I'm crying, but I don't know why
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A party for my birthday and a tractor for my 50 years
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Swallows at their bird play, spin and dive above the new mown fields
      D                        C
And a week in Colorado reading books with my best friend
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And the thing I knew I couldn't do and now I know I can
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Who could help but welcome autumn and the promise of the winter snows?
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Still there's something sweet and wistful as I watch this lovely summer go
        D                             C
But the sun is sinking sooner and the weeds have won at last
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With the berries on the bushes and the crickets in the grass
Interlude: D   C   D   C  G   C  G   C  G  D  
G                            Am                       C 
Summer's almost over and I'm crying, but I don't know why