Written by Vince Guaraldi
Intro: D G A7 G D G A7 D A month of nights, a year of days A7 G Octobers drifting into Mays A7 D I set my sail as the tide comes in G A7 D G A7 G D G A7 And I just cast my fate to the wind A7 D I shift my course along the breeze A7 G Won't sail upwind on memories A7 D The empty sky is my best friend, G A7 D G A7 G D G A7 And I just cast my fate to the wind Bridge A D G Time has such a way of changing A7 D G A man throughout the years A D G A D G And now I'm rearranging my life through all my tears A9 D A7 D Alone, alone A7 D There never was, there couldn't be A7 G A place in time for men like me A7 D Who'd drink the dark and laugh the day G A7 D G A7 G D G A7 And let their wildest dreams blow away Repeat Bridge A7 D So now I'm old, I'm wise and smart A7 G I'm just a man with half a heart A7 D I wonder how it might have been G A D G A7 G D G A7 G D Had I not cast my fate to the wind