Tuning: Standard EADGBe Verse 1: E# Say a prayer The summer nights are dead The fall is coming We were careless hearts B# Who got caught up in this E# You were shy To the night you drove me wild And you crashed into me And I won't lie B# I wish it lasted a lifetime Pre-Chorus: Please stay-ay-ay E# Won't you stay-ay-ay B# Tonight Chorus: E# Breathe in deep And say goodbye The saddest song I'll ever write B# For anyone, anytime E# Breathe in deep Before I say I can feel us slip away You're almost gone B# You're good as gone August is over Verse 2: E# No wait Cause August had to end All our bags are packed Just two broken hearts B# That got caught up in this E# I deny That tomorrow you'll be gone And so far from me It's something strange B# Never love the same way Pre-Chorus: Please stay-ay-ay E# Won't you stay-ay-ay B# Tonight Chorus: E# Breathe in deep And say goodbye The saddest song I'll ever write B# For anyone, anytime E# Breathe in deep Before I say I can feel us slip away You're almost gone B# You're good as gone Bridge: We can try to drown it out But it never stops breathing E# We can take it all in B# But it never slows down B# We've come down from that cloud Well say-ay-ay E# What you gotta say-ay-ay Please say-ay-ay What you gotta say E#(ring out) Whoa--oh-oh Whoa--oh-oh Chorus: E# Breathe in deep And say goodbye The saddest song I'll ever write B# For anyone, anytime E# Breathe in deep Before I say I can feel us slip away You're almost gone B# You're good as gone E# August is over B# We're not the reason E# (ring out) August is over