Dimming of the day
by Bonnie Raitt
sung by Emmylou Harris
            


Capo I                                          
                                        
   
                                          G                                        D
This old house is falling down around my ears
     C             G           D
I'm drowning in a river of my tears
      G                                D
When all my will is gone, you hold me sway
     C                 G       D      G
And I need you at the dimming of the day

 D                                      A
You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide
 D                                  
You know just where I keep my better
 A   D G C
side

      G                             D
What days have come to keep us far apart?
   C              G           D
A broken promise or a broken heart
     G                                 D
Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled away
       C               G       D      G
And I need you at the dimming of the day

 D                                 A
Come the night you're only what I want
 D
Come the night you could be my
       A   D G C
confidante


   G                                 D
I see you on the street and in company
     C                  G                   D
Why don't you come and ease your mind with me
     G                             D
I'm living for the night we steal away
       C               G       D      G
And I need you at the dimming of the day
 C      G               D              G
Yes, I need you at the dimming of the day