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[Verse 1]
A                   D              E
When it's closing time in late September
D                                               E
And the street lights search for shadows on my mind
          A                    D             A              D
When the bars all holler last call and the moon’s on her descent
     A                   E     A          D
I stagger towards the morning, a new day to begin
A            E         E/F#       D
Counting down to closing time again


[Verse 2]
A                        D           E
She swears my youthful glow is only hiding
D                               E
Just beyond the borders of my mind
            A                   D     A               D
But these rollin' hills don't bind me, they simply remind me
A                   E   A                    D
The sun is sinking low, and all I’ve left behind me
A                  E      E/F#      D
Counting down to closing time again


[Chorus]
E                           D             A
Darlin' I've been thinking, is it selfish pride
E                                 D        E
Keeps a man from sharing all the tears he hides?


[Verse 3]
A                         D              E
Cause when it's closing time in late September
           D                      E
And the summer turns slowly into fall
     A                   D      A                   D
Our mother, with such splendour, dies in brilliant colour
A                      E   A                    D
Thoughts once put together by a hospital room window
A                  E     E/F#     D
Counting down to closing time again


[Mandolin solo](Verse Chords)

A D E D E A D A D A E A D A E E/F# D


[Chorus]
E                           D             A
Darlin' I've been thinking, is it selfish pride
E                                 D        E
Keeps a man from sharing all the tears he hides?


[Verse 4]
A                         D              E
Cause when it's closing time in late September
      D                               E
It's hard to hide how much I miss her so
      A               D        A               D
As a tenderness of memories unfolds itself within me
A                     E       A                   D
With such gravity unyielding in the land of the living
A             E         E/F#     D
Counting down to closing time again