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From: Harlan L Thompson 

DIMMING OF THE DAY- Bonnie Raitt

G (320003@1)                                      DThis (xx0232@1)old house is falling down around my ears
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)         DI'm (xx0232@1)drowning in a river of my tears
     G (320003@1)                               DWhen (xx0232@1)all my will is gone, you hold me sway
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)    GI (320003@1)need you at the dimming of the day.

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)                                    AYou (x02220@1)pull me like the moon pulls on the tide
D (xx0232@1)                                  A (x02220@1)  DG CYou (x32010@1)know just where I keep my better side-----

G (320003@1)                                 DWhat (xx0232@1)days have come to keep us far apart?
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)         DA (xx0232@1)broken promise or a broken heart
G (320003@1)                                      DNow (xx0232@1)all the morning birds have wheeled away
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)    GI (320003@1)need you at the dimming of the day

CHORUS 2:
D (xx0232@1)                               ACome (x02220@1)the night you're only what I want
D (xx0232@1)                               A (x02220@1)    DG CCome (x32010@1)the night you could be my confidant-----

G (320003@1)                               DI (xx0232@1)see you on the street and in company
      C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                 DWhy (xx0232@1)don't you come and ease your mind with me
G (320003@1)                               DI'm (xx0232@1)living for the night we steal away
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)    GI (320003@1)need you at the dimming of the day
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)    GI (320003@1)need you at the dimming of the day


NOTE:  This is actually orignially a Richard Thompson song,
but the Bonnie Raitt version has changed the key and
reordered some of the words.
(from Longing in Their Hearts, 1994)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)