Intro: C C F F (2x)
C F
Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rain
C F
Summer time has come and gone, and everybody's home again
G Bb C
Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs
G Bb C
I can still taste the wedding cake and it's sweet after all these years
Chorus:
F Bb C
These are the last words I have to say
F Bb C
That's why this took so long to write
F Bb C
There will be other words some other day
F Bb C
But that's the story of my life
C F
There's comfort in my coffee cup and apples in the early fall
C F
They're pulling all the moorings up and gathering at the Legion Hall
G Bb C
They swept away all the streamers after the Labor Day parade
G Bb C
Nothing left for a dreamer now, only one final serenade
Chorus:
F Bb C
And these are the last words I have to say
F Bb C
Before another age goes by
F Bb C
With all those other songs I'll have to play
F Bb C G F
But that's the story of my life
F Bb F C
And it's so clear standing here where I am
Eb Bb F
Ain't that what justice is for?
Ab Eb Bb F C
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn anymore
Solo:
C C F F
C C F F
G
Stack the chairs on the table tops
Bb F
Hang the sheets on the chandeliers
G
It slows down but it never stops
Bb F
Ain't it sweet after all these years
Chorus:
F Bb C
And these are the last words I have to say
F Bb C
It's always hard to say goodbye
F Bb C
But now it's time to put this book away
F Bb C
Ain't that the story of my life
Chorus:
F Bb C
These are the last words I have to say
F Bb C
That's why this took so long to write
F Bb C
There will be other words some other day
F Bb C
But that's the story of my life
Chorus:
F Bb C
And these are the last words I have to say
F Bb C
Before another age goes by
F Bb C
With all those other songs I'll have to play
F Bb C
But that's the story of my life
Outro: C C F F