Sundown    (intro)    (midi)

 

               D

1. I can see her lying back in her satin dress

            A                                            D

   in a room where you do what you don't confess.

                             G

    Sundown, you better take care,

          C                                             D

    if I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs.

                             G

    Sundown, you better take care,

         C                                                     D

    if I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs.

 

                        D

2. She's been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream,

                    A                                        D

    and she don't always say what she really means.

                           G

    Sometimes I think it's a shame,

                 C                                         D

    when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

                           G

    Sometimes I think it's a shame,

                 C                                         D                     ~

    when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

 

              D

3. I can picture every move that a man could make,

                 A                                    D

    getting lost in her loving is your first mistake.

                             G

    Sundown, you better take care,

          C                                             D

    if I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs.

                           G

    Sometimes I think it's a sin,

                 C                                            D

    when I feel like I'm winning when I'm losing again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              D

4. I can see her looking fast in her faded jeans,

                  A                                          D

    she's a hard loving woman, got me feeling mean.

                           G

    Sometimes I think it's a shame,

                 C                                          D

    when I get feeling better, when I'm feeling no pain.

                              G

    Sundown, you better take care,

          C                                                    D

    if I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs.

                             G

    Sundown, you better take care,

          C                                              D

    if I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs.

                            G

    Sometimes I think it's a sin,

                 C                                             D                  

    when I feel like I'm winning when I'm losing again…..

 

(orig. = capo 4th; midi = capo 3rd)          (Gordon Lightfoot)