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Capo 5.

C (x32010@1)                       Am (x02210@1)       FOn (133211@1)a day just like this on the ocean four years 
    Cago (x32010@1)now
     C (x32010@1)                   Am (x02210@1)     
The wind was to strong the waves were to big 
            F (133211@1)                    Cthree (x32010@1)young men were thrown of the bow
    Fmaj7and (1x3210@1)I was at home they were fighting towards 
       G7 (320001@1)mother earth
    Am7 (x02010@1)                 Em7 
and two of them died only twenty years after 
      Ftheir (133211@1)birth
     Cin (x32010@1)october oh

C (x32010@1)                        AmAnd (x02210@1)the last of the three was left hopelessly 
F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)
crying for help
      C (x32010@1)                       Am (x02210@1)The wind was screaming but the silence was
                F (133211@1)                        Cstronger (x32010@1)as he stood with his feet in the kelp
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                             
The sun was still up but it was night time when 
            G7I (320001@1)heard who died
         
  Am7 (x02010@1)                 Em7                 
I only knew eric cause one time he gave me a 
Fride (133211@1)     Cin (x32010@1)october oh

C (x32010@1)                              AmNow (x02210@1)I didn't know him well but I liked him he 
    F (133211@1)           Cwas (x32010@1)one of those guys
      C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1) 
that everyone knew either liked him or not 
                 F (133211@1)                     Ccause (x32010@1)there were no sign of lies in his eyes
Fmaj7
I was seventeen years old the last time he 
        G7 (320001@1)spoke to me
Am7 (x02010@1)                      Em7
Now I'm twenty one and I'm older than he'll 
     Fever (133211@1)be
     Cin (x32010@1)october oh

C (x32010@1)                   Am (x02210@1)       FMy (133211@1)father is his mothers cousin so that makes
   C (x32010@1)us kin
  C (x32010@1)                    AmI (x02210@1)remember those family dinners and the old 
        F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)peoples funerals again and again
Fmaj7
so strange looking round in the crowd when he
            G7 (320001@1)wouldn't be found
Am7 (x02010@1)                          Em7  
oh the look on the face of his brother when 
                 C (x32010@1)they lowered him down
     Cin (x32010@1)october oh

C (x32010@1)                     Am (x02210@1)        FOctober (133211@1)is the best turns roads into beautiful 
 Ctrails (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)                      AmThe (x02210@1)rime on the windows the leafs on your coat
    F (133211@1)                       C (x32010@1)
the frost on the cars and the rails
Fmaj7
Still out on the ocean those memories are 
            G7bringing (320001@1)me down
    Am7 (x02010@1)                         Em7
but I've heard there's a symphony playing you
                  F (133211@1)to sleep when you drown
  COctober (x32010@1)again and again