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When October Goes
Words & Music by Barry Manilow & Johnny Mercer**Recorded by Diane Schuur, 2003
E7 Bm7-5 Fdim A9 Am D7 Am7 D7 Cdim G C
And when Oc - to - ber goes, the snow be - gins to fly;
C/B Am7 B7 Cdim Am7 G
Above the smo - key roofs, I watch the planes go by.
G7 C9 C C/B D7 Am7 Cdim Em7
The child - ren run - ning home be - neath a twi - light sky --
Fdim Am7 G/B A9 Am D Am7 Fdim Am7 D7
Oh, for the fun of them, when I was one of them.
Bm7-5 Fdim A9 Am D7 Am7 D7 Cdim G C
And when Oc - to - ber goes, the same old dream ap - pears,
C/B Am7 B7 Cdim Am7 G
And you are in my arms to share the hap - py years.
G7 C9 C C/B D7 Am7 Cdim Fdim E7
I turn my head a - way to hide the help - less tears --
Bm7-5 Fdim C Em7 Am7 Cdim G
Oh how I hate to see Oc - to - ber go.
(One verse instrumental)
Repeat Second Verse
Bm7-5 Fdim A9 Am D7 Am7 D7 Cdim G C
And when Oc - to - ber goes, the same old dream ap - pears,
C/B Am7 B7 Cdim Am7 G
And you are in my arms to share the hap - py years.
G7 C9 C C/B D7 Am7 Cdim Fdim E7
I turn my head a - way to hide the help - less tears --
Fdim Bm7-5 E7 Fdim C Em7 Am7 Cdim Em B+ Em7 Em6
Oh how I hate to see Oc - to - ber go.
B7 E E9 E Fdim Bm7-5 Am Am+7
I should be o - ver it now, I know;
Am7 D9 D7/9 D9 G G/F# Bm7-5 E7
It does - n't mat - ter much how old I grow --
Fdim Calt Em7 Am7 Cm7-5 Em B+ Em7 Em6 C B7 Em
I hate to see Oc - to - ber go.
*Requested by resent visitor Michael Mancha.
**According to internet sources, Mercer started the lyric on this one, but had not finished at the time of his death in 1976; his widow gave that lyric along with several other incomplete ones to Manilow who had become a friend of Mercer's in Mercer's final years. First recorded in 1984 or so by Manilow himself, Schuur's recording from nearly 20 years later comes across as more sensitive and thought-provoking than Manilow's. He's a pop singer, singing a slowed-down-but-still-pop song...she gets the song.