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Sundown (G Major)
Artist: Lightfoot, Gordon    Genre: Folk-Rock    Strum Pattern: Island Strum: D–DU–UDU    Roman Numerals: I, IV, V7, m7    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]   
Song Notes:  
Gordon Lightfoot, 1974.

NOTE: Where you see a chord in parentheses "(G)," it means that a new measure is starting in that chord, which is a repeat of the previous chord, but this is the only way to note it.
Entered by: Cheryl Leon Levy   
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G
(G,B,D)
G B D G B G
C
(C,E,G)
x,3,2,0,1,0
- C E G C E
D7
(D,F♯,A,C)
- - D A C F♯
F
(F,A,C)
F C F A C F


Intro:
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] (G) (G) (G)

Verse 1:
I can [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] see her lyin’ back in her (G) satin dress
In a [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] room where you do what you		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] don’t confess

Chorus 1:
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sundown, you’d		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] better take care
If I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] find you been creepin’ ’round		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] my back stairs
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sundown, you’d		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] better take care
If I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] find you been creepin’ ’round		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] my back stairs

Verse 2:
She’s been [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] lookin’ like a queen in a (G) sailor’s dream
And she [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] don’t always say what she		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] really means

Chorus 2:
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sometimes I		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] think it’s a shame
When I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] get feelin’ better when I’m		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] feelin’ no pain
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sometimes I		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] think it’s a shame
When I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] get feelin’ better when I’m		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] feelin’ no pain (G) (G) (G)

Verse 3:
I can [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] picture every move that a (G) man could make
Getting [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] lost in her loving is your		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] first mistake

Chorus 3:
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sundown, you		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] better take care
If I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] find you been creeping ’round		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] my back stairs
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sometimes I		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] think it’s a sin
When I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] feel like I’m winning, when I’m		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] losing again (G) (G) (G)

Verse 4:
I can [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] see her looking fast in her (G) faded jeans
She’s a [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] hard-loving woman, got me		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] feeling mean

Chorus 4:
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sometimes I		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] think it’s a shame
When I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] get feeling better, when I’m		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] feeling no pain
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sundown, you		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] better take care
If I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] find you been creeping ’round		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] my back stairs
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sundown, you		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] better take care
If I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] find you been creeping ’round		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] my back stairs (G)

Outro:
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Sometimes I		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] think it’s a sin
When I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] feel like I’m winning, when I’m		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] losing again  (G) (G) (G –one strum)
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