Summer’s End

A
I started to notice it getting dark
E
And evening brought on a chill
A
Each year I think summer will last forever
E
But I know it never will
F
The waves seemed a bit muffled
E
As I heard them on the dunes
B
And the wind made its presence felt
Em

And it was opening old wounds

CHORUS
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It is another summer’s end
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As always I think back again
C                    Em
About the day long before
B                       Em
When I let love walk out the door.

A
Susie sent me to fetch her phone
E
A September rain all afternoon
A
Darkness had by then set in
E
I crossed the hall into the room.
F
A candle flickered in the corner
E
It gave off just a little light
B
A woman was breathing softly
Em
She was over to my right.

There was enough light to show she was pretty
And suddenly she woke
She’d been dozing in a chair and I startled her
Neither of us spoke.

She got up and walked to me
I didn’t know what to do
I said I was Susie’s friend
She already knew.

The candle was behind her
Its light cascaded through her hair
Her face in darkness, having lost the light
But I didn’t care.

She touched my shoulder as she passed
I knew it could never be
I still recall that moment
It defines summer’s end to me.

FIRST FOUR LINES

F
I love the Fall with its shedding trees
E
And Winter with its snow
B
Spring with its renewal of life
Em
But Summer sends me where I hate to go