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