Key: G
Introduction:
G Bm C
Theres no mistake, I smell that smell, its that time of year
G Bm C
Again, I can taste the air
G Bm C
Clock goes back, railway track, something blocks the line
G Bm C
Again, and the train runs late for the first time
G Bm C
A pebble beach, underneath, pier just been painted
G Bm C
Red, where I heard the news for the first time
Em D2
And all the friends lay down the flowers
Am7
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
C
Talk of the way they saw him last
G
Local boy in the photograph
Bm C
Today
G Bm C G
He'll always be 23, yet the train runs on and on
Bm C
Past the place they found his clothing
G Bm C
Theres no mistake, I smell that smell, its that time of year
G Bm C
Again, I can taste the air
G Bm C
Clock goes back, railway track, something blocks the line
G Bm C
Again, and the train runs late for the first time
Em D2
And all the friends lay down the flowers
Am7
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
C
Talk of the way they saw him last
G
Local boy in the photograph
Bm C
Today
G
He's gone away