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The Consul At Sunset

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[Intro]
C7  C7  C7  C7
F7  F7  C7  C7
Bb  F  Ab  G
C7  C7  C7  C7
[Verse 1]
When he C7walks from the consul at C7sunset, C7barely remembers his F7name
G7Walk is a little G7unsteady, C7sadlyC7  
But he C7knows most of all that he's C7living beEbneath the volF7canoF7  
G7Won't be so many more C7days
BbIsn't much Ftime and it's Abgathering Gdarkness, C7my friendC7  
[Verse 2]
He's been C7going too far in his C7drinking, C7running a little too F7fat
G7Eyelids becoming so G7heavy, C7sadlyC7  
But he C7tries not to sleep while he's C7living beEbneath the volF7canoF7  
G7Won't be so many more C7days
BbIsn't much Ftime and it's Abgathering Gdarkness, C7my friendC7  C7  C7  
[Instrumental]
C7  C7  C7  C7
F7  F7  C7  C7
Bb  F  Ab  G
C7  C7  C7  C7
[Verse 3]
Though the C7fireflies laugh in the C7dusklight, it's the C7Festival of F7Death
G7Crowd is all laughter, it's G7hollow, C7sadlyC7  
They may C7kill death tonight, but they C7still live beEbneath the volF7canoF7  
G7Won't be so many more C7days
G7Won't be so many more C7days
G7Won't be so many more C7days
BbIsn't much Ftime and it's Abgathering Gdarkness, C7my friendC7  
Bb  F  Ab  G  C

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The Consul At Sunset

by Jack Bruce

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C7 C7 C7 C7

F7 F7 C7 C7

Bb F Ab G

C7 C7 C7 C7

[Verse 1]

C7 C7 C7 F7

When he walks from the consul at sunset, barely remembers his name

G7 G7 C7 C7

Walk is a little unsteady, sadly

C7 C7 Eb F7 F7

But he knows most of all that he's living beneath the volcano

G7 C7

Won't be so many more days

Bb F Ab G C7 C7

Isn't much time and it's gathering darkness, my friend

[Verse 2]

C7 C7 C7 F7

He's been going too far in his drinking, running a little too fat

G7 G7 C7 C7

Eyelids becoming so heavy, sadly

C7 C7 Eb F7 F7

But he tries not to sleep while he's living beneath the volcano

G7 C7

Won't be so many more days

Bb F Ab G C7 C7 C7 C7

Isn't much time and it's gathering darkness, my friend

[Instrumental]

C7 C7 C7 C7

F7 F7 C7 C7

Bb F Ab G

C7 C7 C7 C7

[Verse 3]

C7 C7 C7 F7

Though the fireflies laugh in the dusklight, it's the Festival of Death

G7 G7 C7 C7

Crowd is all laughter, it's hollow, sadly

C7 C7 Eb F7 F7

They may kill death tonight, but they still live beneath the volcano

G7 C7

Won't be so many more days

G7 C7

Won't be so many more days

G7 C7

Won't be so many more days

Bb F Ab G C7 C7

Isn't much time and it's gathering darkness, my friend

Bb F Ab G C

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