E5                             A5       B5                           E5
I shout all my obscenities from steeples but please don't label me a madman
                           A5      B5                   E5
I'm off to see the Bootleg Beatles as the bootleg Mark Chapman.
A5                     E5       A5                              B5
Cafe bars, idiots and pigeons - there's far too many in this town
          E5                   A5
So me and ombudsman are gonna do what we can
         B5               E5        ( E5 A5 B5 E5 x2)
When the evening sun goes down.
                             A5           B5                        E5
Yes some of my pullovers are roll-necked, it kind of breaks up the ennui
                           A5      B5                       E5
But your experimental side project must have put ten years on me.
A5                        E5        A5                             B5
Opposite the Bannister & Shamrock - which used to be the Rose & Crown
          E5                     A5
I like to play Pat Boone on the county bassoon
         B5               E5   Eb5 D5  C#5
When the evening sun goes dow-ow-ow-own
         B5               E5
When the evening sun goes down, get on down.
                                                     A5       B5       E5
When the evening sun, when the evening sun, when the evening sun goes down
                                                     A5       B5       E5
When the evening sun, when the evening sun, when the evening sun goes down.

There are questions in corners of my mind that lurk
         A5       B5       E5
When the evening sun goes down

Like how do the road gritters get to work?
         A5       B5       E5
When the evening sun goes down

Answer me that and you could win a cruise
         A5       B5       E5
When the evening sun goes down

Here's Judy Tzuke to take us up to the news
         A5       B5       E5
When the evening sun goes down.
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Are these my ultimate pyjamas; is this my final dressing gown?
            E5                     A5
I'm sending on this rhyme deep in injury time
         B5               E5              B5               E5
When the evening sun goes down, when the evening sun goes down,
         B5               E5
When the evening sun goes down.