When October Goes Chords
by Diane Schuur
When October Goes by Diane Schuur is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords E7, Bm5-/7, Fdim, A9, Am, D7, Am7, Cdim, G, C, C/B, B7, G7, C7M/9, Em7, G/B, D, E, E9, D7/9, D7/9-, G/F#, Cm5-/7, Em, B7/13- and Em6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E7 Bm5-/7 Fdim A9 Am D7 Am7 D7 Cdim G C
And when October goes, the snow begins to fly;
C/B Am7 B7 Cdim Am7 G
Above the smokey roofs, I watch the planes go by.
G7 C7M/9 C C/B D7 Am7 Cdim Em7
The children running home beneath a twilight sky
Fdim Am7 G/B A9 Am D Am7 Fdim Am7 D7
Oh, for the fun of them, when I was one of them.
Bm5-/7 Fdim A9 Am D7 Am7 D7 Cdim G C
And when October goes, the same old dream appears,
C/B Am7 B7 Cdim Am7 G
And you are in my arms to share the happy years.
G7 C7M/9 C C/B D7 Am7 Cdim Fdim E7
I turn my head away to hide the helpless tears
Bm5-/7 Fdim C Em7 Am7 Cdim G
Oh how I hate to see October go.
Instrumental interlude:
E7 Bm5-/7 Fdim A9 Am D7 Am7 D7 Cdim G C
C/B Am7 B7 Cdim Am7 G
Above the smokey roofs, I watch the planes go by.
Bm5-/7 Fdim A9 Am D7 Am7 D7 Cdim G C
And when October goes, the same old dream appears,
C/B Am7 B7 Cdim Am7 G
And you are in my arms to share the happy years.
G7 C7M/9 C C/B D7 Am7 Cdim Fdim E7
I turn my head away to hide the helpless tears
Bm5-/7 Fdim C Em7 Am7 Cdim G
Oh how I hate to see October go.
B7 E E9 E Fdim Bm5-/7 Am Am7
I should be over it now, I know;
Am7 D7/9 D7/9 D7/9- G G/F# Bm5-/7 E7
It doesn't matter much how old I grow
Fdim C Em7 Am7 Cm5-/7 Em B7/13- Em7 Em6 C B7 Em
I hate to see October go.