Back to top

September of my Years

Released on 
Tabbed by 

The chords are of course too full to fit in a single guitar part, but the chord suggestions do work more or less.

Note the striking similarity with Make You Feel My Love.

Chords 
E7-9    076760
E7-5    076768
A       x07655
F/a     x07565
Bm7-5/a x0343x
Bm9     797779
E9      076770
Bm7-5/f 1x323x or just x2323x
E/g#    4x645x (or the full 476454)
Em/g    322000
D#m7-5  x6767x
B7-5    x23242
C#m7-5  x4545x
Bb11    x10111
Adim    x04545
E      E7-9  E7
E      E7+5  E7
A                        
 One day you turn around, 
F/a
 and it's summer
A                          
 Next day you turn around, 
Bm7-5/a
 and it's fall
A                        
 And the springs
         E/g#  
 and the winters of a life time
F#m7      B7               Bm9    E9
 Whatever happened to them all
   Bm9           E9
|-----9--9-----|------------
|--7--------7--|-7----------
|--7-----------|-7----------
|--7-----------|-6----------
|--9-----------|-7----------
|--7-----------|-0----------
  all
     A                                    
As a man who has always had 
              E/g#
the wandering ways
Em/g                       D/f#
 Now I'm reaching back for yesterdays
       Bm7-5/f        A          /a-g#-f#-e  D#m7-5
'Til a long forgotten love appears
      D 
And I find 
D#dim                          A    F#m7
  that I'm sighing softly as I near 
B7  
September
E           E7/d         A/c#     E/b     A
The warm September of my years
     A                                   E/g#
As a man who has never paused at wishing wells
Em/g                        D/f#
Now I'm watching children's carousels
Bm7-5/f                     A          F#m7     B7-5
 And their laughter's music to my ears
      D   
And I find 
D#dim                         A    F#m7 
 that I'm smiling gently as I near 
   B7-5  B7 
September
E           E7           C#m7-5     F#7
The warm September of my years
    Bm7          Bb11            
The golden, warm September of my 
A      D/a      A   Dm/a  Adim  A
years

Contact

Corrections, additions, questions? Contact me