Intro: E
Verse
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Since the day you were born
D#m Amaj7
I've been searching for the Octobers
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I remember
F# A#m Amaj7
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The late afternoon
D#m Amaj7
Air crisp as a Julien apple
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With a handful
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Of gravel to throw
D#m Amaj7
At the bats swooping over the neighborhood
E C#m
My jacket zipped up to the hood with love I never understood
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'Til the day you were born
D#m Amaj7
Now I'm searching for an October
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To show ya
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F# D#m Amaj7 x3
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Then son you spied
D#m
With your momma's blue eyes
Amaj7
From my shoulders
E
Your October
F# D#m Amaj7
Saying "ha ha daddy the ghosties are scary I like them and
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My jacket may be lighter than
C#m
Yours was when you were toddling
E C#m
And the leaves may not be hanging in there long
A#m C#
But it's colder than September was
Dm A#maj7
You still make the cider momma loves
Gm A#maj7 Dm
And the blowup ghosts still haunt the neighbors' lawns"
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Am A#maj7 Gm
Dm Am A#maj7 Gm
Dm Am
We shall be saved
A#maj7 Gm Dm Am
By the words coming out of the mouths of babes
A#maj7 Gm
Not the glow of a cellular phone singing
Dm
"Hey hey hey
Am A#maj7 Gm Dm
Ain't you wonderin' if you're gonna be laughing or coughing all the way to the bank?"
Am A#maj7 Gm
Dm Am
We shall be saved
A#maj7 Gm Dm Am
By the words coming out of the mouths of babes
A#maj7 Gm
Not the glow of a cellular phone singing
Dm
"Hey hey hey
Am A#maj7 Gm Bm -
Ain't you wonderin' if you're gonna be laughing or coughing all the way to the bank?"
Bm D
Your jacket may be lighter than
D#m B
Mine was when I was toddling
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But the leaves are really hanging in there
B
Pretty as a gift shop picture
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It's colder than September was
C#m7
I can still make the cider momma loves
E C#m7
And the blowup ghosts still haunt the neighbors' lawns
E
And they and you and all of this
C#m7
Remind me son that ever since
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The day you were born
D#m Amaj7
I've been searching for my Octobers
F# D#m Amaj7 F#
You've been searching for nothing and seeing whatever's in front of you and so now do your mother and I
D#m
And in the blink of an eye
A
Your Octobers
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Will be the ones we're
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Remembering