Sundown Chords

by Gordon Lightfoot
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F#
Capo: 2nd fret
Author simescan [pro] 188.
6 contributors total, last edit on May 3, 2023
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Chords

E
B7
A
D

Strumming

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Sundown
Gordon Lightfoot
 
Capo II
 
[Intro]
| E   | E   | E   | E   | x2
(E  E7 on upstroke if you listen to the recording, you'll get the idea!)
 
[Verse 1]
      E
I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress
     B7                       E
In a room where ya do what ya don't confess
 
[Chorus]
E             A
   Sundown ya better take care
     D                                E
If I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stairs
E             A
   Sundown ya better take care
     D                                E
If I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stairs
 
E
 
[Verse 2]
           E
She's been lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream
        B7                        E
And she don't always say what she really means
 
[Chorus]
E              A
   Sometimes I think it's a shame
       D                           E
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain
E              A
   Sometimes I think it's a shame
       D                           E
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain
 
[Instrumental]
| E   | E   | E
 
[Verse 3]
      E
I can picture every move that a man could make
        B7                         E
Getting lost in her lovin' is your first mistake
 
[Chorus]
E             A
   Sundown ya better take care
     D                                E
If I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stairs
E              A
   Sometimes I think it's a sin
       D                              E
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again
 
[Instrumental]
| E   | E   | E   | E   | x3
| E   | E   | E
 
[Verse 4]
      E
I can see her lookin' fast in her faded jeans
        B7                        E
She's a hard lovin' woman, got me feelin' mean
 
[Chorus]
E              A
   Sometimes I think it's a shame
       D                           E
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain
E             A
   Sundown ya better take care
     D                                E
If I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stairs
E             A
   Sundown ya better take care
     D                                E
If I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stairs
 
E
 
E              A
   Sometimes I think it's a sin
       D                              E
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again
 
[Outro]
| E   | E   | E   | E   | x2
| E   | E   | E
(fade out)
 
 
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48 comments
crowAngel
One of the best tabs I ever seen, I like how the chords are at the right places~nobody does that ~caw~
+15
PurelyCanadian
This is great, thank you. Would of been nice for you to actually put the instrumental in there, but no big deal. Good job.
+4
relayer1
Don't change anything on it. It's just right the way it is. If people can't work out that simple lead run, they can look in the tabs. The chords are spot-on.
+2