Capo 5. C5 A5 F5 On a day just like this on the ocean four years C5 ago now C5 A5 The wind was to strong the waves were to big F5 C5 three young men were thrown of the bow F5 and I was at home they were fighting towards G5 mother earth A5 E5 and two of them died only twenty years after F5 their birth C5 in october oh C5 A5 And the last of the three was left hopelessly F5 C5 crying for help C5 A5 The wind was screaming but the silence was F5 C5 stronger as he stood with his feet in the kelp F5 The sun was still up but it was night time when G5 I heard who died A5 E5 I only knew eric cause one time he gave me a F5 ride C5 in october oh C5 A5 Now I didn't know him well but I liked him he F5 C5 was one of those guys C5 A5 that everyone knew either liked him or not F5 C5 cause there were no sign of lies in his eyes F5 I was seventeen years old the last time he G5 spoke to me A5 E5 Now I'm twenty one and I'm older than he'll F5 ever be C5 in october oh C5 A5 F5 My father is his mothers cousin so that makes C5 us kin C5 A5 I remember those family dinners and the old F5 C5 peoples funerals again and again F5 so strange looking round in the crowd when he G5 wouldn't be found A5 E5 oh the look on the face of his brother when C5 they lowered him down C5 in october oh C5 A5 F5 October is the best turns roads into beautiful C5 trails C5 A5 The rime on the windows the leafs on your coat F5 C5 the frost on the cars and the rails F5 Still out on the ocean those memories are G5 bringing me down A5 E5 but I've heard there's a symphony playing you F5 to sleep when you drown C5 October again and again