G                      Am
They're closin' down the hangout
    G              C
The air is turnin' cool
  Em                    Am
They're shuttin' off the superslide
    C                D
The kids are back in school

   G                  Am
The tourist traps are empty
   G         C
Vacancy abounds
  Em           Am
Almost like it used to be
           C              D
Before the circus came to town


[Chorus]
 Em                   Am
That's when it always happens
     Em              C
The same time every year
G       Em7     Em     Am    F
I come down to talk to me
G                  C
When the coast is clear


[Verse 2]
  G                Am
Hello mister other me
      G               C
It's been a long long time
  Em                   Am
We hardly get to have these chats
         C           D
That in itself's a crime

    G                Am
So tell me all your troubles
      G               C
I'll surely tell you mine
       Em                Am
We'll laugh and smoke and cuss and joke and
      C              D
And Have a glass of wine


[Chorus]
Em                   Am
That's when it always happens
     Em              C
The same time every year
G       Em7     Em      Am    F
I come down to talk to me
G                  C
When the coast is clear


[instrumental]


(It's the only place he knows)
Em                Am
Where it always happens
     Em              C
The same place every year
G       Em7   Em      Am      F
I still come down to talk to me
G                  C
When the coast is clear