Capo II Fret 
 
(C) They're closin' down the (Dm7) hangout  
(C/E) The air is turnin' (F) cool  
(Am) They're shuttin' off the (Dm7) "superslide"  
The (F) kids are back in (G) school  
(C) The tourist traps are (Dm7) empty  
(C/E) Vacancy a(F)bounds  
(Am) Almost like it (Dm7) used to be  
Before the (F) circus came to (G) town  
 
(Am) That's when it always (Dm7) happens  
The (Am) same time every (F) year  
(C) I come (C/B) down to (Am) talk to (Dm7) me (F)  
(G) When the coast is (C) clear  
 
(C) Hello mister (Dm7) other me  
(C/E)It's been a long (F) time  
(Am) We hardly get to (G) have these chats  
(F) That in itself's a (G) crime  
(C) So tell me all your (Dm7) troubles  
I'll (C/E) surely tell you (F) mine  
We'll (Am) laugh and smoke and (Dm7) cuss and joke  
And (F) have a glass of (G) wine  
 
(Am) That's when it always (Dm7) happens  
The (Am) same time every (F) year  
(C) I come (C/B) down to (Am) talk to (Dm7) me (F)  
(G) When the coast is (C) clear  
 
(INSTRUMENTAL)  
 
(Am) Where it always (Dm7) happens  
The (Am) same time every (F) year  
(C) I come (C/B) down to (Am) talk to (Dm7) me (F)  
(G) When the coast is (C) clear