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F                               C 
This old house is falling down around my ears 
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I am drowing in a river of my tears 
F                            C 
When all my will is gone you hold me sway 
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And I need you at the dimming of the day 
 
C                                G 
You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide 
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You know just where I keep my better side 
 
F                              C 
What days have come to keep us far apart 
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A broken promise or a broken heart 
F                            C 
Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled away 
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And I need you at the dimming of the day 
 
C                          G 
Come the night you're only what I want 
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Come the night you could be my confidant 
 
F                       C 
I see you on the street in compagny 
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Why don't you come and ease your mind with me 
F                           C 
I am leaving for the night we steal away 
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And I need you at the dimming of the day 
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Yes I need you at the dimming of the day