September Of My Years

Words & Music by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1965


A           C#m7                  D9     Bm7-5   E7
One day you turn around and it's summer,

A           C#m7                  D9   Dm6   
Next day you turn around and it's fall;

E7        A             C#m           F#m     F#m/E
And the springs and the winters of a lifetime --

D9        Dm6    Fdim D9  Dm6   E7  E7/6
Whatever happened to them all?


D9 Dm6 AM7        F#m     AM7    C#m7-5     Bm7  Bm7-5
As  a  man who has always had the wand'ring ways,

        E7/6      E7  Bm7-5    Dm6    F#m
Now I'm reaching back      for yesterdays

E7    Bm7-5    Dm6     A      AM7
'Til a long-forgotten love appears,

C#7    D   Bm7      Cdim          Dm6    A   F#7    
And I find that I'm sighing softly as I near

      B7    B7/9      E7  E7/6 E7-9      Bm7-5 E7  AM7
Sep - tem - ber, the warm Sep - tem - ber  of  my years.


D9 Dm6 AM7         F#m    AM7      C#m7-5   Bm7  Bm7-5
As  a  man who has never paused at wishing wells

        E7/6    E7  Bm7-5      Dm6        F#m
Now I'm watch - ing children's car - ou - sels

E7        Bm7-5      Dm6   A     AM7
And their laughter's music to my ears

C#7    D   Bm7      Cdim          Dm6    A   F#7
And I find that I'm smiling gently as I near

      B7    B7/9      E7  E7/6 E7-9      Bm7-5 E7  F#7
Sep - tem - ber, the warm Sep - tem - ber of   my years

    D9        D6        Fdim      E7-9 E7  A   D9  Dm6  AM7
The gol - den warm Sep - tem - ber of  my years.


*Suggested by recent visitor Howie Parker.


 
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