Thin Lizzy – Downtown Sundown (Guitar)

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As recorded by Thin Lizzy (From the 1977 Album BAD REPUTATION) [Intro] F Dm Bb Gm Am F Dm Bb Gm Am [Verse 1]
F      C             Dm  C
If you want your freedom

F        C           Dm  C
There is nothing planned

F      C           Dm  C
If you really need him

F      C    Dm
I will understand
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm                Am
Please believe in love

Dm                   Gm   Am
I believe there is a God above

    Bb
For love

C   F          C Dm C       F      Dm  C
And he's coming,  yes, he's coming
[Verse 2]
F      C       Dm  C
If you want to fly

F    C   Dm   C
Then fly away

F       C        Dm  C
All the cloudy skies

F               Dm
Belong to yesterday
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm                Am
Please believe in love

Dm                   Gm   F
I believe there is a God above

    Bb
For love

C   F          C Dm C       F      Dm
And he's coming,  yes, he's coming
[Chorus]
Gm                              Dm
In the shadows the swallow dies

Gm                          Dm
No one knows the hobo hides

Gm                            Dm
There is no need to apologise

            Am         Bb       C  F    Dm C F  Dm
This is the story of a downtown sundown
[Guitar Solo] F Dm F Dm Bb F Dm F Dm Bb Am Bb Gm Am Bb C F Dm F Dm C [Verse 3]
F      C             Dm   C
If you climb the mountain

F    C         Dm  C
Then you will see

F           C        Dm    C
There is no great distance

F                    Dm
Between the Lord and me
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb                Am
Please believe in love

Bb                   Gm   F
I believe there is a God above

    Bb
For love

C   F          C Dm C       F      Dm
And he's coming,  yes, he's coming
[Chorus]
Gm                                Dm
And in the shadows the swallow dies

Gm                          Dm
No one knows the hobo hides

Gm                       Dm
There is no need to apologise

Am                     Bb       C  F   Dm Bb  Am N.C.
This is the story of a downtown sundown
[Outro] F Dm Bb Gm Am F Dm Bb Gm Am F Dm Bb Gm Am F Dm Bb Gm Am