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E                            A
I can still see you standing there
                       E
Summer tangled in your hair

First week of July
      A
First day of my life

E                              A
My voice shook when I said hello
                                       E
And from that word we couldn't take it slow

I still can't believe
    A
The way you looked at me


        E
Now the nights turn colder
     B
Your head's on my shoulder
   C#m               A
We do our best to pretend
E
Waves get louder
    B    
I'm lost without her
     C#m              A
This summer starts to end


                     E
Let's blame it on September
                    B
Cause it hurts to remember
       C#m
We can fight to hold on
    A
But August is gone
                E
And even if the sun falls
                B
I hope we don't lose it all
      C#m                A
Cause no summer lasts forever
                     E      B     C#m      A
Let's blame it on September


E                           A
We drew hearts there in the sand
                              E
Laughed when waves erased our plans

Though we never knew
     A
That they told the truth
E                             A
I can still hear our laughing friends
                          E
As we sneak off again and again

No we never cared
    A
Too young to be scared

E
The nights turn colder
     B
Your head's on my shoulder
   C#m              A
As summer starts to end

                     E
Let's blame it on September
                     B
Cause it hurts to remember
       C#m
We can fight to hold on
    A
But August is gone
                E
And even if the sun falls
                B
I hope we don't lose it all
         C#m             A
Cause no summer lasts forever
C#m
No


E
On the beach in the heat
                     B
You know I need that sweet ocean air
C#m
I'm gonna go where I know we can be alone
A                          E        B        C#m       A
Wait for you, wait for you there

               E         B
Blame it on September
       C#m
We can try to hold on
    A
But August is gone

                     E
Let's blame it on September
                    B
Cause it hurts to remember
       C#m
We can fight to hold on
    A
But August is gone
         E
When the sun falls
                 B
I hope we don't lose it all
         C#m             A
Cause no summer lasts forever
                     E       B
Let's blame it on September
               C#m        A
Blame it on September

E                            A
I can still see you standing there
                       E
Summer tangled in your hair