E A B7 E
I shout all my obscenities from steeples but please don't label me a madman
A B7 E
I'm off to see the Bootleg Beatles as the bootleg Mark Chapman.
A E A B7
Cafe bars, idiots and pigeons - there's far too many in this town
E A
So me and ombudsman are gonna do what we can
B7 E (E A B7 E x2)
When the evening sun goes down.
A B7 E
Yes some of my pullovers are roll-necked, it kind of breaks up the ennui
A B7 E
But your experimental side project must have put ten years on me.
A E A B7
Opposite the Bannister & Shamrock - which used to be the Rose & Crown
E A
I like to play Pat Boone on the county bassoon
B7 E Eb D C#
When the evening sun goes dow-ow-ow-own
B7 E
When the evening sun goes down, get on down.
A B7 E
When the evening sun, when the evening sun, when the evening sun goes down
A B7 E
When the evening sun, when the evening sun, when the evening sun goes down.
There are questions in corners of my mind that lurk
A B7 E
When the evening sun goes down
Like how do the road gritters get to work?
A B7 E
When the evening sun goes down
Answer me that and you could win a cruise
A B7 E
When the evening sun goes down
Here's Judy Tzuke to take us up to the news
A B7 E
When the evening sun goes down.
A E A B7
Are these my ultimate pyjamas; is this my final dressing gown?
E A
I'm sending on this rhyme deep in injury time
B7 E B7 E
When the evening sun goes down, when the evening sun goes down,
B7 E
When the evening sun goes down.
