[Intro]
                               A            Bm                  E
E|---7-6---6-5---5-4-----4-3-2-0---------------------------------------------|
B|---8-7---7-6---6-5-----5-4-3-2---------------------------------------------|
G|---7-6---6-5---5-4-----4-3-2-2---------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------2---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----0-----0-------------------------------------------------------------|
                                  It is the evening   of the day

[Verse 1]
N.C.      Bm             Bm E  A# A
It is the evening of the day
          Bm                 Bm  E    E D# D
I sit and watch the children play
N.C           E        Bm B#m C#m                 F#m E D
Smiling faces I can see          ahhh but not for me
D                           Bm  E
I sit and watch as tears go by

[Bridge]
|A     | G    | G    | C#  A |
|A     | G    | G    | C#  A |

[Verse 2]
A         B                 Bm  E  A
My riches   can't buy everything
          B                 Bm   E  Bm
I want to hear  the children  sing
Bm             E             A
But all I hear is the sound
A               F#m            D
Of rain falling on the ground
D                           Bm  E
I sit and watch as tears go by

[Bridge]
| A    | B    | Bm   | E   |
| A    | B    | Bm   | E   |
| Bm   | E    | A    | F#m |
| D    | D    | Bm   | E   |

[Outro]
A         B                Bm   E  A
It is the evening   of the day
A         B                  Bm    E
I sit and watch the children play
Bm             E
Doing things I used to do
A                   F#m  D
Aaah  but where are you
                           Bm   E
I sit and watch as tears go  by
| A    | B    | Bm   | E   |
| A    | B    | Bm   | E   |
Mmmmm....  Mmmmm....(To fade...)