Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: September When It Comes
By:   Rosanne Cash and Johnny Cash

{guitar tuned to Eb - play chords 1/2 step lower on the guitar if you are in standard tuning}

[intro:]    C   G   C   G    {acoustic guitar}

[verse: 1]  {Rosanne}
           Em             {C     G }   {C and G are not played}
There's a cross above the baby's bed
   D              Em
A Savior in her dreams
   {C               G}          {C and G are not played}
But she was not delivered then
        D           Em
And the baby became me

[a:]
           Em                C       G
There's a light inside the darkened room
   D               Em
A footstep on the stair
C                 G
  A door that I forever close
    D                     G
To leave those memories there
[a: end]

C                      Am
  So when the shadows link them
C                 Am
  Into an evening sun

[chorus:]
               Em     (D)   C           G                {D is a passing note}
 First there's summer, then I'll let you in
 D                 Em
September when it comes

[:]  Em  (D)  C   G   D  Em  (D)  C C  G  (D)     {same chords as section a: }

[verse: 2]  {Johny}
Em      (D)        C             G
I plan to crawl outside these walls
D                   Em
  Close my eyes and see
     C              G
And fall into the heart and arms
    D                 Em
Of those who wait for me

[b:]
Em        (D)       C      G
  I cannot move a mountain now
D                 Em
  I can no longer run
   C              G
I cannot be who I was then
      D            G      (G F# C bass walk down)
In a way, I never was
[b: end]

  {Rosanne}  
C                       Am
  I watch the clouds go sailing
C                       Am
  I watch the clock and sun

[chorus:]
       Em      D       C      G
Oh, I watch myself, depending on
  {together}
  D                Em        
September when it comes  

[:]  Em  (D) C  G  D (Em)  C  C   G   D   G  {same chords as section b:}  

[bridge:]  {together}
C                       Am
  When the shadows link them 
C                    Am
  And burn away the clouds

[coda:]  {part of verse chords}  {Johnny}
          Em       (D)     C    G
They will fly me, like an angel to 
    D                Em
A place where I can rest
 {Johnny}            {Rosanne}
C                         G
  When this begins, I'll let you know
 {together}
 D                 Em
September when it comes

Em   (D)   C    G      {finish}

 

chords:

C       032010  or 335553
D       000232  or 557775
Em      022000  or 779987
G       320003  or 355433