My October Symphony Chords & Tabs

by Pet Shop Boys

[Version Description]
Sixth song from the album Behaviour, released in 1990.

[Intro]
N.C.           Fm9
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
               Gm7  
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
               Fm9     
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
               Gm7  
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
               Abmaj7  Ebmaj7
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
               Abmaj7  Ab/Bb
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
               Ebmaj7
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah

[Verse 1]
                Fm9      
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
           Gm7   
So much confusion
                Fm9      
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
                   Gm7  
When autumn comes around
        Abmaj7     Ebmaj7
What to do about October
        Abmaj7        Ab/Bb 
How to smile behind a frown?
                 Ebmaj7 
It's hard to settle down

[Verse 2]
                Fm9      
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
          Gm7   
It's so bemusing
                Fm9      
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
                       Gm7  
Will they cancel the parade?
   Abmaj7         Ebmaj7
We marched each October
         Abmaj7               Ab/Bb  
Now they say we were never even saved
              Ebmaj7 
We must be very brave

[Chorus]
Cm7       Dm7        Em7 
Shall I rewrite or revise
     Fmaj7          
My October symphony?
   Fm7       Ebmaj7
Or as an indication
Ddim           Cm7   
Change the dedication
     Bb7               Ebmaj7 
From revolution to revelation?

[Verse 3]
                Fm9      
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
             Gm7     
So we're all drinking
                Fm9      
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
                      Gm7   
As leaves fall to the ground
  Abmaj7           Ebmaj7  
Because we've been thinking
        Abmaj7       Ab/Bb
How October's let us down
        Ebmaj7
Then and now

[Verse 4]
                Fm9      
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
           Gm7   
Shall we remember
                Fm9      
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
            Gm7  
December instead?
   Abmaj7           Ebmaj7
Or worry about February?
Abmaj7           Ab/Bb 
Mourn our war-torn dead
          Ebmaj7 
Never seeing red?

[Chorus]
Cm7       Dm7        Em7 
Shall I rewrite or revise
     Fmaj7          
My October symphony?
   Fm7       Ebmaj7
Or as an indication
Ddim           Cm7   
Change the dedication
     Bb7               Ebmaj7 
From revolution to revelation?

[Wah-wah guitar solo]
               Fm9     
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
               Gm7  
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
               Fm9     
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
               Gm7  
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
               Fm9     
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
               Gm7  
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
               Fm9     
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
               Ebmaj7
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah

[String outro]
Cm  Bb
Cm  Bb
Cm  Bb
Ebmaj7