Capo on 3 

 E  
I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress 
 Bm                           E  
In a room where ya do what ya don't confess 
             A  
Sundown you better take care 
       D                           E  
If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs 
            A  
Sundown ya better take care 
      D                               E  
If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs 
 
 E  
She's been lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream 
 Bm                           E  
And she don't always say what she really means 
                  A  
Sometimes I think it's a shame 
           D                        E  
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain 
                       A  
Sometimes I think it's a shame 
        D                          E  
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain 
 
 E  
I can picture every move that a man could make 
 Bm                                 E  
Getting lost in her lovin' is your first mistake 
             A  
Sundown you better take care 
   D                                E  
If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs 
                     A  
Sometimes I think it's a sin 
     D                               E  
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again 

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                             Sundown
                             -------
                      by Gordon Lightfoot

Transcribed by Mark Galassi (rosalia@max.physics.sunysb.edu).  Gordon
plays this in F# (probably in E with capo on 2nd fret) on the Gord's
Gold album.  I saw him do it in concert in A with capo on first fret.
I guess his voice has changed since he recorded it.  He plays it on a
twelve string guitar.


E
I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress
     B7                         E
In a room where you do what you don't confess

    E              A
R1. Sundown, you'd better take care
         D                                E
    If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs [twice]

She's been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream
And she don't always say what she really means

R2. Sometimes I think it's a shame
    When I get feeling better when I'm feelin' no pain [twice]

I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in your lover is the first mistake

R1.

R3. Sometimes I think it's a sin
    When I feel like I'm winning when I'm loosing again

I can see her looking fast in her faded jeans
She's a hard lovin' woman got me feelin' mean

R2. R1. R1. R3. 

        G  
I CAN SEE HER LYING BACK IN HER SATIN DRESS 
       D                           G  
IN  А  ROOM WHERE YOU DO WHAT YOU DONT CONFESS 

               C  
SUNDOWN YOU BETTER TAKE CARE 
       F                             G  
IF I FIND YOU BEEN CREEPING ROUND MY BACK STAIRS 
 
             G  
SHES BEEN LOOKING LIKE  А  QUEEN IN  А  SAILORS DREAM 
          D                          G  
AND SHE DONT ALWAYS SAY WHAT SHE REALLY MEANS 
               C  
SOMETIMES I THINK ITS  А  SHAME  
         F                            G  
WHEN I GET FEELING BETTER WHEN IM FEELING NO PAIN 
              C  
SOMETIMES I THINK ITS  А  SHAME  
         F                             G  
WHEN I GET FEELING BETTER WHEN IM FEELING NO PAIN 
 
          G  
I CAN PICTURE EVERY MOVE THAT  А  MAN COULD MAKE 
           D                           G  
GETTING LOST IN HER LOVING IS YOUR FIRST MISTAKE 
               C  
SUNDOWN YOU BETTER TAKE CARE 
       F                             G  
IF I FIND YOU BEEN CREEPING ROUND MY BACK STAIRS 
 
            G  
I CAN SEE HER LOOKING FAST IN HER  FADED  JEANS  
         D                           G  
SHES  А  HARD LOVING WOMAN GOT ME FEELING MEAN 
 
               C  
SOMETIMES I THINK ITS  А  SHAME  
         F                             G  
WHEN I GET FEELING BETTER WHEN IM FEELING NO PAIN 
               C  
SUNDOWN YOU BETTER TAKE CARE 
       F                                 G  
IF I FIND YOU BEEN CREEPING ROUND MY BACK STAIRS 
 
              C  
SUNDOWN YOU BETTER TAKE CARE 
       F                                 G  
IF I FIND YOU BEEN CREEPING ROUND MY BACK STAIRS