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 x2
[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
Em
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
