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Words & Music by Peter Van Steeden & Harry Clarkson, 1931
Recorded by Vic Damone, 1961


Intro Verse:

A        C#m7-5      G#7
Ev -'ning marks the close of day, 

 G       Bm7-5     F#7
Skies of blue be - gin to grey, 

F7         Fdim     E7      E7+5     A   F#7   B7   E7
Crim - son hues are fad -ing in the West; 

A        C#m7-5     G#7
Ev - 'ning ev -er brings to me 

G         Bm7-5     F#7
Dreams of days that used to be, 

F7        Fdim     E7     E7+5      A    D7   A  E7 
Mem - o - ries of those I love the best. 
 

Melody:

A    C#7      G#7
When shad-ows fall 

     Bm7  Bm7/E   Bm7-5  C#m7-5 E7
And trees whis-per day is end - ing, 

Bm7  Bm7/E     C#m7-5  E7   E7+5  A     F#7  Bm7-5   E7
My thoughts are ev-er wend - ing Home; 

A    C#7       G#7
When crick-ets call 

Bm7 Bm7/E   Bm7-5    C#m7-5   E7
My  heart is ev - er yearn - ing, 

Bm7  Bm7/E  C#m7-5      E7   E7+5  A     D7    A    
Once more to  be  re - turn - ing Home. 


Bridge:

Dm        A          Dm       Dm6        A
When the hills con - ceal the set - ing sun, 

Dm         A7      Dm6       Bm7-5    E7   D9  E7  E7+5
Stars be - gin a - peep - ing one by one.
 

A     C#7     G#7
Night cov-ers all 

     Bm7   Bm7/E    Bm7-5     C#m7-5 E7
And, though for-tune may for - sake  me, 

Bm7   Bm7/E      C#m7-5    E7  E7+5  A   Cdim  D6  E7+5  A  
Sweet dreams will ev - er take  me Home.


*Suggested by recent visitor Dick Shultis


 
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.