Intro: C C/Bb F/A C/G F Dm
G F/C C
1. I can't light no more of your darkness.
F G C/G G
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white.
G7 F/C C
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
F G
frozen here on the ladder of my life.
G F/C C
2. It’s much too late to save myself from falling.
F G C/G G
I took a chance and changed your way of life.
G7 F/C C
But you misread my meaning when I met you,
F C/G G F/G
closed the door and left me blinded by the light.
Refr.:
C C/Bb
Don't let the sun go down on me.
Am7 D7/F#
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see.
C/G F/G G7 C C/Bb
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free,
F/A Dm C/E F C/G F/G C
but losing everything is like the sun going down on me.
Intro: C C/Bb F/A C/G F Dm
G F/C C
3. I can't find the right romantic line.
F G C/G G
But see me once and see the way I feel.
G7 F/C C
Don't discard me, baby, no, just because you think I mean you harm.
F C/G G F/G
But these cuts I have, oh, they need love to help them heal. Oh.
Refr.:
C C/Bb
Don't let the sun go down on me.
Am7 D7/F#
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see.
C/G F/G G7 C C/Bb
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free,
F/A Dm C/E F C/G F/G C
but losing everything is like the sun going down on me.