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.