[Verse 1]
[G]            [Bm]                 [C]
There's no mistake, I smell that smell, it's that time of year
[G]            [Bm]        [C]
again, I can taste the air


[Verse 2]
[G]          [Bm]            [C]
Clock goes back, railway track, something blocks the line
        [G]       [Bm]        [C]
again, and the train runs late for the first time


[G], [Bm], [C]


[Verse 3]
[G]       [Bm]      [C]
A pebble beach, underneath, pier just been painted
[G]             [Bm]       [C]
red, where I heard the news for the first time


[Chorus 1]
[Em]                               [Dsus2]
And all the friends lay down the flowers
                              [Am7]
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
                             [C]
Talk of the way they saw him last
                      [G]
Local boy in the photograph
[Bm]     [C]
Today


[Verse 4]
 [G]            [Bm]  [C]                            [G]
He'll always be 23, yet the train runs on and on
         [Bm]          [C]
Past the place they found his clothing


[Verse 5]
 [G]            [Bm]                 [C]
There's no mistake, I smell that smell, it's that time of year
[G]            [Bm]        [C]
again, I can taste the air


[Verse 6]
 [G]          [Bm]            [C]
Clock goes back, railway track, something blocks the line
[G]              [Bm]          [C]
again, and the train runs late for the first time


[Chorus 2]
 [Em]                               [Dsus2]
And all the friends lay down the flowers
                              [Am7]
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
                             [C]
Talk of the way they saw him last
                      [G]
Local boy in the photograph
[Bm]     [C]
Today
           [G]
He's gone away