That Evening Sun

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The alley dogs are barking chickens crowing down the lane
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I feel just like that rooster with his mournful low refrain
         G                  A          G                  A
With the sundown on my shoulder justa hanging 'round the yard
        G                 A                        D
I'll be leaving here tomorrow gonna catch an empty car


D
There's a thousand constellations in that brilliant beaming sky
                                              A
But the earth is just one station on that lonesome starry line
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There's a distant whistle blowing down a rusty stretch of track
        G                  A                         D
And I'm just an empty coal car on a train not coming back


Chorus:

       G                               D
Well I hate to see that evening sun go down
          Bm                      A
When it's lonesome coming down my trail
      G                                      D
And I know this train will take me where I'm bound
      A                               D
But I hate to see that evening sun go down


D
Well the sidewalks have their street lamps, the city has their glow
                                          A
And the poorboy has the moonlight walking in his shadow
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But the nighttime can't be trusted to return the morning sun
       G                  A                               D
And my eyes have not adjusted to this black face I've got on


Chorus:

       G                               D
Well I hate to see that evening sun go down
          Bm                      A
When it's lonesome coming down my trail
      G                                      D
And I know this train will take me where I'm bound
      A                               D
But I hate to see that evening sun go down


D
Don't the nighttime make you lonesome for that early morning sun
                                     A
For that light upon that engine reaching t'wards the dawn
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You can spend your whole life racing down rusty railroad lines
         G                    A                            D
It's the setting sun your chasing in that dark and rolling sky


Chorus:

       G                               D
Well I hate to see that evening sun go down
          Bm                      A
When it's lonesome coming down my trail
      G                                      D
And I know this train will take me where I'm bound
      A                               D
But I hate to see that evening sun go down