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
G
(G,B,D)
G
B
D
G
B
G
C
(C,E,G)
-
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:
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
(G) (G) (G)
Verse 1:
I can
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
see her lyin’ back in her (G) satin dress
In a
[
D7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
room where you do what you
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
don’t confess
Chorus 1:
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sundown, you’d
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
better take care
If I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
find you been creepin’ ’round
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
my back stairs
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sundown, you’d
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
better take care
If I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
find you been creepin’ ’round
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
my back stairs
Verse 2:
She’s been
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
lookin’ like a queen in a (G) sailor’s dream
And she
[
D7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
don’t always say what she
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
really means
Chorus 2:
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sometimes I
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
think it’s a shame
When I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
get feelin’ better when I’m
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
feelin’ no pain
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sometimes I
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
think it’s a shame
When I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
get feelin’ better when I’m
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
feelin’ no pain (G) (G) (G)
Verse 3:
I can
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
picture every move that a (G) man could make
Getting
[
D7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
lost in her loving is your
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
first mistake
Chorus 3:
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sundown, you
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
better take care
If I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
find you been creeping ’round
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
my back stairs
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sometimes I
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
think it’s a sin
When I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
feel like I’m winning, when I’m
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
losing again (G) (G) (G)
Verse 4:
I can
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
see her looking fast in her (G) faded jeans
She’s a
[
D7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
hard-loving woman, got me
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
feeling mean
Chorus 4:
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sometimes I
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
think it’s a shame
When I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
get feeling better, when I’m
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
feeling no pain
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sundown, you
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
better take care
If I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
find you been creeping ’round
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
my back stairs
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sundown, you
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
better take care
If I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
find you been creeping ’round
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
my back stairs (G)
Outro:
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Sometimes I
[
C
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
think it’s a sin
When I
[
F
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh
]
feel like I’m winning, when I’m
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
losing again (G) (G) (G –one strum)
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