Granger Smith – She Was September (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Intro] C G F F C G F F [Verse]
C
I remember seventeen

G
Lazy days in July heat

F
Momma sayin' Are you gonna sleep all summer long?

C
August came and August went, I was

G
Gettin' books for school again

F
That's the time that she moved in

F
Three doors down
[Verse]
Am
From then on I was captured by

G
A little blond with hazel eyes

F
I can't explain the butterflies

F
When she climbed in my window one night
N.C. And said [Chorus]
Am        G
"Wake up, wake up, sleepy boy"

F
So soft and low I heard her voice

Am                G                     F
You gotta see the moonlight on the river

Am              G
So we ran down, fell down in the grass

F
Love was young and wild and growing fast

Am           G                 F
I gave up my heart, can't plead surrender

G
I remember
N.C When she was September C G F F C G F F [Verse]
C
When I think about my first truck

G
I pro'bly never really drove it that much

F
All I remember is steamin' it up

F
With her in my arms
[Verse]
C
The first I heard about Santa Fe

G
I caught her holdin' back tears one day, said

F
Her daddy found the job he's gotta take

F
And that's where they're movin'
[Verse]
Am
Before we had to say goodbye

G
She came over late that night

F
She walked in, I closed my eyes
N.C. So I can hear her one more time [Chorus]
Am        G
"Wake up, wake up, sleepy boy"

F
So soft and low I heard her voice

Am                G                     F
You gotta see the moonlight on the river

Am              G
So we ran down, fell down in the grass

F
Love was young and wild and growing fast

Am           G                 F
I gave up my heart, can't plead surrender

G
I remember

G            C        F C F
When she was September
[Bridge]
Am
It's been years

G
Since I've laid down

F
Had not heard the sound

G
That I'm hearin' now
[Chorus]
Am        G
"Wake up, wake up, sleepy boy"

F
So soft and low I heard her voice

Am                G                     F
You gotta see the moonlight on the river

Am              G
So we ran down, fell down in the grass

F
Love was young and wild and growing fast

Am           G                 F
I gave up my heart, can't plead surrender

G
I remember

G            C        F C F
When she was September
[Outro] She was September