Intro: 
E, A, Am 
E, G#, A, Am 

Verse: 
E, A, Am 

E            A      Am 
Evening, the sky is glowing 
E                 A       Am 
underneath us the grass is slowing down 
E      A      Am 
on its way up to the sun. 

E, A, Am 

E       A      Am    
Lying around devoting 
E                    A       Am 
time to watching the stars exploding 
E    A      Am 
into space one by one. 

Chorus: 
E, G#, A, Am 

E             G#      A         Am 
Takes me to a distant place and time 
                E          G#     A         Am 
this is not the first time I have pined. 
             E       G#       A         Am 
Puts me in a distant state of mind, 
                E          G#     A         
this is not the first time I have pined, 
  Am 
I pine away. 

E, A, Am 

E          A      Am   
I love the older people, 
E                      A        Am   
they seem to live in a world of simple life 
E            A         Am   
where simple pleasures still belong. 

E, A, Am 

E                A      Am   
Years past, they contemplated 
E                      A      Am   
how the world was less complicated 
E       A         Am   
years before they came along. 

E, A, Am 

E             G#      A         Am 
Takes me to a distant place and time 
                E          G#     A         Am 
this is not the first time I have pined. 
             E       G#       A         Am 
Puts me in a distant state of mind, 
                E          G#     A         
this is not the first time I have pined, 

E               G#        A         Am 
I pine after my home, the yard 
E         G#         A         Am 
the olden days, the faraway 
E              G#      A         Am 
the stars that rain over it all 

I pine away... 

E       A      Am    
Lying around devoting 
E                    A       Am 
time to watching the stars exploding 
E    A      Am 
into space one by one. 

E             G#      A         Am 
Takes me to a distant place and time 
                E          G#     A         Am 
this is not the first time I have pined. 
             E       G#       A         Am 
Puts me in a distant state of mind, 
                E          G#     A         
this is not the first time I have pined, 
  Am 
I pine away. 

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E, G#, A, Am 
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