Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Intermediate
AmM7 x02110
Intro:
|C majorC C/BC/B |F/AF/A C/GC/G |FF C/EC/E |DmDm G+G E/G#|
Verse 1:
C majorC C/BC/B
Whenever I'm in the tightest corner
F/AF/A C/GC/G
Whenever I feel forlorn
FF C/EC/E
I think of the isle where I was born
FF D/F#D/F# G+G E/G#
And the duty to which I've sworn
A minorAm AmM7
But I woke up in a nightmare
Am7Am7 Am/F#
With a Union Jack and half A augmentedA crown
FF
John Bull got caught with his
C/EC/E Dm7Dm7
Pants down, again
G7G7 A minorAm AmM7
That's inviting sundown
Am7Am7 Am/F#
It's time to do or die
FF C/EC/E DmDm G7G7
It's time to say "Good-bye"
Bb majorBb A augmentedA DmDm G7G7
'Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire
Bb majorBb A augmentedA DmDm G7G7
Yes I'm the one, I let the Sun go down
Verse 2:
C majorC C/BC/B
Don't let the shadows lengthen
F/AF/A C/GC/G
And cover my good intentions
FF C/EC/E
They say that darkness brings
FF D/F#D/F# G+G E/G#
The right time
A minorAm AmM7
But it's also time for tears
Am7Am7 Am/F#
I'm so sorry and sincere
FF C/EC/E Dm7Dm7
Ahead of me a brilliant career
G7G7 A minorAm AmM7
Now I'm going nowhere
Am7Am7 Am/F#
It's time to do or die
FF C/EC/E DmDm G7G7
It's time to say "Good-bye"
Bb majorBb A augmentedA DmDm G7G7
'Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire
Bb majorBb A augmentedA DmDm G7G7
Yes I'm the one, I let the Sun go down
Bridge:
Eb MajorEb FF
Stay awhile Delay the night
DmDm Bmb5
I'm too young for twilight
Eb MajorEb FF
They'd tell the sun to hesitate
DmDm Gsus4Gsus4 G7G7
That's when Britain was Great
Verse 3:
C majorC C/BC/B
Now that the lights are flickering
F/AF/A C/GC/G
My pulse is quickening
FF C/EC/E
All over the world the lamps will dim
FF D/F#D/F# G+G E/G#
And never be seen again
A minorAm AmM7
The balloon's gone up the night descends
Am7Am7 Am/F#
As they lower the flag on no-man's land
FF C/EC/E
They'll take you down A augmentedA peg or two
Dm7Dm7
This is the bitter end
G7G7 A minorAm AmM7
I walk into darkness
Am7Am7 Am/F#
It's time to do or die
FF C/EC/E DmDm G7G7
It's time to say "Good-bye"
Bb majorBb A augmentedA DmDm G7G7
'Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire
Bb majorBb A augmentedA DmDm G7G7
Yes I'm the one, I let the Sun go down
Ending:
C majorC C/BC/B F/AF/A
I let the sun go down
C/GC/G FF G7G7
Don't let the sun go down
G7G7 C majorC C/BC/B F/AF/A C/GC/G FF C/EC/E DmDm D/F#D/F# G+G E/G#
I let the sun go down
A minorAm AmM7 Am7Am7 Am/F# FF C/EC/E DmDm G7G7
(Whistle)
Bb majorBb A augmentedA DmDm G7G7
Yes I'm the man who lost the British Empire
Bb majorBb A augmentedA DmDm G7G7
Yes I'm the one, I let the Sun go down