I Let The Sun Go Down chords by Elvis Costello And The Imposters

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

AmM7 x02110

Intro:
|C   C/B  |F/A  C/G |F   C/E  |Dm   G  E/G#|

Verse 1:
      C                 C/B
   Whenever I'm in the tightest corner
F/A            C/G
   Whenever I feel forlorn
       F                     C/E
   I think of the isle where I was born
            F      D/F#         G     E/G#
   And the duty to which I've sworn
      Am              AmM7
   But I woke up in a nightmare
          Am7            Am/F#
   With a Union Jack and half  A crown
         F
   John Bull got caught with his
    C/E             Dm7
   Pants down, again
   G7               Am       AmM7
   That's inviting sundown
Am7         Am/F#
   It's time to do or die
F               C/E    Dm      G7
   It's time to say  "Good-bye"
     Bb            A                Dm       G7
   'Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire
   Bb           A              Dm    G7
   Yes I'm the one, I let the Sun  go   down

Verse 2:
C                 C/B
   Don't let the shadows lengthen
F/A              C/G
   And cover my good intentions
F                C/E
   They say that darkness brings
        F        D/F#   G    E/G#
   The right time
   Am            AmM7
   But it's also time for tears
   Am7           Am/F#
   I'm so sorry and sincere
     F           C/E          Dm7
   Ahead of me a brilliant career
   G7            Am       AmM7
   Now I'm going nowhere
Am7          Am/F#
   It's time to do or die
F               C/E   Dm     G7
   It's time to say  "Good-bye"
     Bb            A                Dm       G7
   'Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire
   Bb           A              Dm    G7
   Yes I'm the one, I let the Sun go   down


Bridge:
   Eb           F
   Stay awhile  Delay the night
   Dm                   Bmb5
   I'm too young for twilight

   Eb                      F
   They'd tell the sun to hesitate
   Dm                      Gsus4   G7
   That's when Britain was Great


Verse 3:
    C                       C/B
   Now that the lights are flickering
F/A             C/G
   My pulse is quickening
       F                  C/E
   All over the world the lamps will dim
        F      D/F#    G     E/G#
   And never be seen again
        Am                   AmM7
   The balloon's gone up  the night descends
           Am7               Am/F#
   As they lower the flag on no-man's land
            F                C/E
   They'll take you down  A peg or two
               Dm7
   This is the bitter end
G7                     Am       AmM7
   I walk into darkness
 Am7         Am/F#
   It's time to do or die
F               C/E            Dm     G7
   It's time to say "Good-bye"
     Bb            A                Dm       G7
   'Cause I'm the man who lost the British Empire
   Bb           A              Dm    G7
   Yes I'm the one, I let the Sun go   down


Ending:
                    C   C/B   F/A
   I let the sun go   down
C/G               F           G7
   Don't let the sun go down
G7                   C    C/B    F/A    C/G   F    C/E    Dm  D/F#  G  E/G#
   I let the sun go down

Am    AmM7   Am7    Am/F#   F   C/E   Dm    G7
 (Whistle)

  Bb            A                Dm       G7
    Yes I'm the man who lost the British Empire
  Bb           A              Dm    G7
   Yes I'm the one, I let the Sun go   down