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[Intro]
  Am    Am    Em    Gx2
[Verse 1]
   AmThe summer Amends and we Emwonder where we Gare
And Amthere you go, my Amfriends, with your Emboxes in your Gcar
And you Cboth look so Cyoung
And Glast night was Ghard, you said
You Ampacked up every Amroom
And then you Emcried and went to Gbed
But toAmday you closed the Amdoor
And said "We Emhave to get a Emmove on
It's Fmaj7just that time of Fmaj7year
When we Gpush ourselves aGhead
We Ampush ourselves aAmhead."Am  
And it was Dmcloudy in the Dmmorning
And it Emrained as you Emdrove away
And the Dmsame things looked Dmdifferent
It's the Emend of the Emsummer
It's the Fmaj7end of the Fmaj7summer
When you Em9move to aEm9nother place
[Verse 2]
And I Amfeel like the Amneighbor's girl who will Emnever be the Gsame
She Amwalked alone all Amspring, she had a Emboyfriend when the Gsummer came
And Che gave her Cflowers in a Glightning Gstorm
They Amdisappeared at Amnight in Emgreen fields of Gsilver corn
And Amsometime in JuAmly she just forEmgot that he was Emleaving
So Fmaj7when the fields were Fmaj7dying, she Gheld on to his Emsleeves
She Amheld on to his AmsleevesAm  
And she Dmdoesn't want to Dmlet go
'Cause she Emwon't know what she's Emup against
The Dmclassrooms and the Dmsmart girls
It's the Emend of the Emsummer
It's the Fmaj7end of the Fmaj7summer
When you Em9hang your flowers Em9up to dry
[Instrumental]
  Am    Am    Em    Gx2
[Verse 3]
AmAnd I had a Amdream, it blows the Emautumn through my Ghead
It Amfelt like the first Amday of school, but I was Emgoing to the Gmoon instead
And I Cwalked down the Chall
With the Gnotebooks they Ggot for me
My Amdad led me Amthrough the house
My Emmom drank instant Gcoffee
And I Amknew that I would Amcrash
But I Emdidn't want to Emtell them
There are Fmaj7just some moments       Fmaj7when your Fmaj7family makes Fmaj7sense
They Amjust make AmsenseAm  
So I Dmraised up my Dmarms and my Emmother put the Emsweater on
We Dmwalked out on the Dmdark and frozen Emgrass
The end of the Emsummer
It's the Emend of the Emsummer
When you Em9send your children to the Em9moon
[Verse 4]
   AmThe summer Amends and we Emwonder who we Gare
And Amthere you go, my Amfriends, with your Emboxes in your Gcar
And toCday I passed the Chigh school, the Griver, the Gmaple tree
I Ampassed the farms that Ammade it
Through the Emlast days of the Gcentury
And I Amknew that I was Emgoing to learn aEmgain
AEmgain, in this Fmaj7last hazy Fmaj7light
I saw the Gfields beyond the Emfields
The Amfields beyond the AmfieldsAm  
And the Dmcolors are much Dmbrighter now
It's like they Emreally want to Emtell the truth
We Dmgive our testiDmmony to the Emend of the Emsummer
It's the Fend of the Fsummer
You can Em9spin the light to Em9gold

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End Of The Summer

by Dar Williams

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Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Em9

[Intro]

Am Am Em G

[Verse 1]

Am Am Em G

The summer ends and we wonder where we are

Am Am Em G

And there you go, my friends, with your boxes in your car

C C

And you both look so young

G G

And last night was hard, you said

Am Am

You packed up every room

Em G

And then you cried and went to bed

Am Am

But today you closed the door

Em Em

And said "We have to get a move on

Fmaj7 Fmaj7

It's just that time of year

G G

When we push ourselves ahead

Am Am Am

We push ourselves ahead."

Dm Dm

And it was cloudy in the morning

Em Em

And it rained as you drove away

Dm Dm

And the same things looked different

Em Em

It's the end of the summer

Fmaj7 Fmaj7

It's the end of the summer

Em9 Em9

When you move to another place

[Verse 2]

Am Am Em G

And I feel like the neighbor's girl who will never be the same

Am Am Em G

She walked alone all spring, she had a boyfriend when the summer came

C C G G

And he gave her flowers in a lightning storm

Am Am Em G

They disappeared at night in green fields of silver corn

Am Am Em Em

And sometime in July she just forgot that he was leaving

Fmaj7 Fmaj7 G Em

So when the fields were dying, she held on to his sleeves

Am Am Am

She held on to his sleeves

Dm Dm

And she doesn't want to let go

Em Em

'Cause she won't know what she's up against

Dm Dm

The classrooms and the smart girls

Em Em

It's the end of the summer

Fmaj7 Fmaj7

It's the end of the summer

Em9 Em9

When you hang your flowers up to dry

[Instrumental]

Am Am Em G

[Verse 3]

Am Am Em G

And I had a dream, it blows the autumn through my head

Am Am Em G

It felt like the first day of school, but I was going to the moon instead

C C

And I walked down the hall

G G

With the notebooks they got for me

Am Am

My dad led me through the house

Em G

My mom drank instant coffee

Am Am

And I knew that I would crash

Em Em

But I didn't want to tell them

Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7

There are just some moments when your family makes sense

Am Am Am

They just make sense

Dm Dm Em Em

So I raised up my arms and my mother put the sweater on

Dm Dm Em

We walked out on the dark and frozen grass

The end of the summer

Em Em

It's the end of the summer

Em9 Em9

When you send your children to the moon

[Verse 4]

Am Am Em G

The summer ends and we wonder who we are

Am Am Em G

And there you go, my friends, with your boxes in your car

C C G G

And today I passed the high school, the river, the maple tree

Am Am

I passed the farms that made it

Em G

Through the last days of the century

Am Em Em

And I knew that I was going to learn again

Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7

Again, in this last hazy light

G Em

I saw the fields beyond the fields

Am Am Am

The fields beyond the fields

Dm Dm

And the colors are much brighter now

Em Em

It's like they really want to tell the truth

Dm Dm Em Em

We give our testimony to the end of the summer

F F

It's the end of the summer

Em9 Em9

You can spin the light to gold

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