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E (022100@1)                          AI (x02220@1)can still see you standing there
                       ESummer (022100@1)tangled in your hair

First week of July
      AFirst (x02220@1)day of my life

E (022100@1)                            AMy (x02220@1)voice shook when I said hello
                                       EAnd (022100@1)from that word we couldn't take it slow

I still can't believe
    AThe (x02220@1)way you looked at me

ENow (022100@1)the nights turn colder
     BYour (x2444x@1)head's on my shoulder
   C#m (x13321@4)             AWe (x02220@1)do our best to pretend
EWaves (022100@1)get louder
    B (x2444x@1)  
I'm lost without her
     C#m (x13321@4)            AThis (x02220@1)summer starts to end

ELet's (022100@1)blame it on September
                    BCause (x2444x@1)it hurts to remember
       C#mWe (x13321@4)can fight to hold on
    ABut (x02220@1)August is gone
                EAnd (022100@1)even if the sun falls
                BI (x2444x@1)hope we don't lose it all
      C#m (x13321@4)              ACause (x02220@1)no summer lasts forever
                     E (022100@1)    B (x2444x@1)   C#m (x13321@4)    ALet's (x02220@1)blame it on September

E (022100@1)                         AWe (x02220@1)drew hearts there in the sand
                              ELaughed (022100@1)when waves erased our plans

Though we never knew
     AThat (x02220@1)they told the truth
E (022100@1)                           AI (x02220@1)can still hear our laughing friends
                          EAs (022100@1)we sneak off again and again

No we never cared
    AToo (x02220@1)young to be scared

EThe (022100@1)nights turn colder
     BYour (x2444x@1)head's on my shoulder
   C#m (x13321@4)            AAs (x02220@1)summer starts to end

ELet's (022100@1)blame it on September
                     BCause (x2444x@1)it hurts to remember
       C#mWe (x13321@4)can fight to hold on
    ABut (x02220@1)August is gone
                EAnd (022100@1)even if the sun falls
                BI (x2444x@1)hope we don't lose it all
         C#m (x13321@4)           ACause (x02220@1)no summer lasts forever
C#mNo (x13321@4)
EOn (022100@1)the beach in the heat
                     BYou (x2444x@1)know I need that sweet ocean air
C#mI'm (x13321@4)gonna go where I know we can be alone
A (x02220@1)                        E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)      C#m (x13321@4)     AWait (x02220@1)for you, wait for you there

E (022100@1)       BBlame (x2444x@1)it on September
       C#mWe (x13321@4)can try to hold on
    ABut (x02220@1)August is gone

ELet's (022100@1)blame it on September
                    BCause (x2444x@1)it hurts to remember
       C#mWe (x13321@4)can fight to hold on
    ABut (x02220@1)August is gone
         EWhen (022100@1)the sun falls
                 BI (x2444x@1)hope we don't lose it all
         C#m (x13321@4)           ACause (x02220@1)no summer lasts forever
                     E (022100@1)     BLet's (x2444x@1)blame it on September
               C#m (x13321@4)      ABlame (x02220@1)it on September

E (022100@1)                          AI (x02220@1)can still see you standing there
                       ESummer (022100@1)tangled in your hair