{title: Sundown}
{artist: Gordon Lightfoot}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 106}
{key: F#}
{meta: author FWieP, 2026-05-26}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IBdZ645S-o}
{comment: 4/4, 4 = 106}
[F#]
{start_of_part: Intro}
[F#]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
I can [F#]see her lying back in her satin dress
In a [C#7]room where you do what you [F#]don't confess
{end_of_verse}
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X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:F#
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[F#] Sundown, you [B]better take care
If I [E]find you been creeping 'round [F#]my back stairs
[F#] Sundown, you [B]better take care
If I [E]find you been creeping 'round [F#]my back stairs
[F#]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
She's been [F#]looking like a queen in a sailor's dream
And she [C#7]don't always say what she [F#]really means
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
[F#] Sometimes I [B]think it's a shame
When I [E]get feeling better when I'm [F#]feeling no pain
[F#] Sometimes I [B]think it's a shame
When I [E]get feeling better when I'm [F#]feeling no pain
[F#]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
I can [F#]picture every move that a man could make
Getting [C#7]lost in her loving is your [F#]first mistake
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
[F#] Sundown, you [B]better take care
If I [E]find you been creeping 'round [F#]my back stairs
[F#] Sometimes I [B]think it's a sin
When I [E]feel like I'm winning when I'm [F#]losing again
[F#]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Solo}
[F#]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
I can [F#]see her looking fast in her faded jeans
She's a [C#7]hard loving woman, got me [F#]feeling mean
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 4}
[F#] Sometimes I [B]think it's a shame
When I [E]get feeling better when I'm [F#]feeling no pain
[F#] Sundown, you [B]better take care
If I [E]find you been creeping 'round [F#]my back stairs
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 5}
[F#] Sundown, you [B]better take care
If I [E]find you been creeping 'round [F#]my back stairs
[F#]
[F#] Sometimes I [B]think it's a sin
When I [E]feel like I'm winning when I'm [F#]losing again
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outtro, fade}
[F#]
{end_of_part}