Evening gown    (video)

 

    A - G - D     - G - D

 

                 D7                G               - A

1. People say that I'm high class,

                G                            D    - G - D

    but I'm low down all the while,

                 D7                   G     - A

    people think that I'm crazy

                                 G                D    - G - D

    when I flash that California smile.

 

     - D7                    G                 A

M……m, but I can still paint the town,

           Bm                  A           G

all the colors of your evening gown,

                  E                       G                           D    - G - D

while I'm waiting for your blonde hair to turn grey.

 

                 D7             G         - A

2. People say I'm a drinker,

                 G                    D       - G - D

    but I'm sober half the time,

                 D7          G        - A

    people say I'm a loser,

                   G                  D     - G - D

    but I get lucky on the side.

 

     - D7                    G                  A

Yea….h, but I can still paint the town,

           Bm                  A           G

all the colors of your evening gown,

                  E                       G                           D    - G - D - D7

while I'm waiting for your blonde hair to turn grey.

 

     G

    All my life I waited for

                                                                        D          - G - D - D7

    someone who would show me where the bliss is,

 

     G

    all my life I waited for

                                                                   A           - A7

    someone who would take me past the kissing.

 

 

 

 

 

+  G - A - G - D - G - D

 

                 D7           G         - A

3. People say I'm a loner,

                  G                     D          - G - D

    I like to get lost in the crowds,

                 D7             G         - A

    people call me a dresser,

                        G                                D     - G - D

    I wear my sports clothes way too loud.

 

     - D7                   G                  A

Yea…h, but I can still paint this town,

           Bm                        A          G

I can shake it and turn it upside down,

                 E                       G

while I'm waiting for your blonde hair -

                 E                       G

while I'm waiting for your blonde hair -

                  E                      G               - - - - -   D    - G - D

while I'm waiting for your blonde hair to turn grey.

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Mick Jagger)