Day Is Done Chords
by Nick Drake
Day Is Done by Nick Drake is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, A, F, G, Bb and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Dm A F G Bb Dm Bb A
Dm A
When the day is done
F G
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Bb Dm
Along with everything that was lost and won
Bb A7
When the day is done
Dm A
When the day is done
F G
Hope so much your race’ll be all run
Bb Dm
Then you find you’ve jumped the gun
Bb Dm
Have to go back where you begun
Bb Dm
When the day is done
Dm A
When the night is cold
F G
Some get by and some get old
Bb Dm
Just to show life’s no made of gold
Dm A7
When the night is cold
Dm A
When the bird has flown
F G
Got no one to call your own
Bb Dm
Got no place to call your home
Bb Dm
When the bird has flown
Instrumental
Dm A F G Bb Dm Bb A
Dm A
When the games been fought
F G
Newspaper blown cross the court
Bb Dm
Lost much sooner than you would’ve thought
Bb A7
Now the game’s been fought
Dm A
When the part is through
F G
Seems so very sad for you
Bb Dm
Didn’t do the things you were meant to do
Bb Dm
Now there’s no time start anew
A Dm
Now the part is through
Dm A
When the day is done
F G
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Bb Dm
Along with everything that was lost and won
Bb Dm
When the day is done