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When The Sun Goes Down

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Notes:
-'*' means to palm mute and resume strumming on the following chord
-I highly reccommend listening to the original song a few times to memorize where and when to change chords,
 especially during the intro and bridge.
-The dash (-) between some chords in the bridge indicates a fast chord progression that usually begins with
 the first chord being half-strummed compared to the original strumming pattern.
[Intro]
G  G7 C  G  C C7 G  D   D7 G7 C G
[Verse 1]
  D7In the Gevenin', In the G7evenin'
CMomma when the sun goes Gdown
In the Cevenin'
Momma when the C7sun goes Gdown
Ain't it D7lonesome ain't it lonesome
If your lover's not aGround
When the D7sun goes GdownD  
[Verse 2]
Yes Gyes
GLast night I was sleepin'
GI was thinkin' to myself
Last Cnight I laid a-sleeping
I was C7thinkin' to myGself
Well I was Dwondering why the one you loveD7  
Will mistreat you for someone Gelse
GWhen the sun goes down
[Bass Solo Bridge]
N.C
(Take it bass)
        G7-  G  G*  G7  
 G-  G7      C   C7       G   A7- D7  
N.C
(Got the blue again)
[Verse 3]
D7*    G  
   The sun rises in the east
GAll day long it gives the light
The sun Crises in the east, babe
All day C7long it gives the Glight
Ain't it D7hard to tell, hard to tell
Which woman will treat you Gright
GWhen the sun goes down
[Outro]
   D7Good-Gbye old sweethearts and friends
Yes D7I'm goin' aG7way
But I'll Cbe back to see you again
Some old C7rainy Gday
In the D7evenin', in the evenin'
When I'll leave this Gtown
When the Csun C7goes GdownD7  
G(Old memories, old memories, old memories
G7Old memories, Cold memories, old memories
GOld memories, old memories, D7old memories
Old memories, Gold memories, old memories
    Yes yes, I'm goin' awayG7  
 CBut I ain't gonna be here long I'll be back some stormy dGay

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When The Sun Goes Down

by The Ink Spots

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Notes:

-'*' means to palm mute and resume strumming on the following chord

-I highly reccommend listening to the original song a few times to memorize where and when to change chords,

especially during the intro and bridge.

-The dash (-) between some chords in the bridge indicates a fast chord progression that usually begins with

the first chord being half-strummed compared to the original strumming pattern.

[Intro]

G G7 C G C C7 G D D7 G7 C G

[Verse 1]

D7 G G7

In the evenin', In the evenin'

C G

Momma when the sun goes down

In the evenin'

C7 G

Momma when the sun goes down

Ain't it lonesome ain't it lonesome

If your lover's not around

D7 G D

When the sun goes down

[Verse 2]

Yes yes

Last night I was sleepin'

I was thinkin' to myself

Last night I laid a-sleeping

C7 G

I was thinkin' to myself

D D7

Well I was wondering why the one you love

Will mistreat you for someone else

When the sun goes down

[Bass Solo Bridge]

N.C

(Take it bass)

G7 G G G7

- *

G G7 C C7 G A7 D7

- -

N.C

(Got the blue again)

[Verse 3]

D7 G

The sun rises in the east

All day long it gives the light

The sun rises in the east, babe

C7 G

All day long it gives the light

Ain't it hard to tell, hard to tell

Which woman will treat you right

When the sun goes down

[Outro]

D7 G

Good-bye old sweethearts and friends

D7 G7

Yes I'm goin' away

But I'll be back to see you again

C7 G

Some old rainy day

In the evenin', in the evenin'

When I'll leave this town

C C7 G D7

When the sun goes down

(Old memories, old memories, old memories

G7 C

Old memories, old memories, old memories

G D7

Old memories, old memories, old memories

Yes yes, I'm goin' away

C G

But I ain't gonna be here long I'll be back some stormy day

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