Dimming of the Day chords by The Blind Boys of Alabama

SimplifiedG · C · F · D · Dm

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Verse 1
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This old house is falling
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down around my ears (ah!)
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Oh, I'm drowning in the river
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C 
of my tears (mm)
But all my will is gone,
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you hear me praying (ah!)
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I need you at the dimming
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C 
of the day (ooh)

Verse 2
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You pull me like the moon
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pulls on the tide
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You know just where I keep
my better side
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Verse 3

What days have come to keep us far apart

A broken promise or a broken

heart? (Ooh)

Now all the bonny birds have

wheeled away (ah!)

I need you at the dimming of

the day (ooh)

Verse 4
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Come the night, you're only
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Dm 
what I want
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Come the night,
you could be my confidant
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Verse 5
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I see you on the street in
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company (ah!)
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C 
Why don't you come and ease
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your mind with me? (Mm)
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I'm living for the night
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we steal away (ah!)
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I need you at the dimming
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of the day (mm)