[Intro] 
 
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[Primeira Parte
 
G            Bm                 C
Theres no mistake, I smell that smell, its that time of year
G            Bm        C
Again, I can taste the air
  
[Segunda Parte]
 
G          Bm            C
Clock goes back, railway track, something blocks the line
        G       Bm        C
Again, and the train runs late for the first time
  
( G  Bm  C )
  
[Terceira Parte]
 
G       Bm      C
A pebble beach, underneath, pier just been painted
G             Bm       C
Red, where I heard the news for the first time 
 
[Refrão]
 
Em                               D2
And all the friends lay down the flowers
                              Am7
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
                             C
Talk of the way they saw him last
                      G
Local boy in the photograph
Bm     C
Today
  
[Quarta Parte]
 
G            Bm  C                            G
He'll always be 23, yet the train runs on and on
         Bm          C
Past the place they found his clothing
  
[Quinta Parte]
 
G            Bm                 C
Theres no mistake, I smell that smell, its that time of year
G            Bm        C
Again, I can taste the air
 
[Sexta Parte]
 
G          Bm            C
Clock goes back, railway track, something blocks the line
G              Bm          C
Again, and the train runs late for the first time
 
[Refrão]
 
Em                               D2
And all the friends lay down the flowers
                              Am7
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
                             C
Talk of the way they saw him last
                      G
Local boy in the photograph
Bm     C
Today
           G
He's gone away