Late in the Evening Chords by Paul Simon
- Key: F
- BPM: 118
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
LATE IN THE EVENING CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] F Bb F Bb C F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Bb Ebm First thing I remember I was lying in my bed Bb Cm7 Couldn't've been no more than one or two Bb And I remember there's a radio comin' from the room next door Bb And my mother laughed the way some ladies do C When it's late in the evening C7 G7 F7 G7 And the music's seeping through ■ ■ Bb Cm7 Bb Cm7 The next thing I remember I am walking down the street Bb F I'm feeling alright I'm with my boys I'm with my troops yeah Bb And down along the avenue some guys were shootin' pool Fsus4 F7 F And I heard the sound of a cappella groups yeah ■ C Singing late in the evening F And all the girls out on the stoops yeah C Bb ■ Then I learned to play some lead guitar I was underage in this funky bar Bb7 Bb F7 F And I stepped outside to smoke myself a J ■ [Chorus] Bb And when I came back to the room and everybody just seemed to move F And I turned my amp up loud and began to play C And it was late in the evening F And I blew that room away [Inst] Bb F Bb F C7 F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Bb First thing I remember when you came into my life F I said I'm gonna get that girl no matter what I do Bb Well I guess I'd been in love before and once or twice I'd been on the floor F But I never loved no one the way I loved you C And it was late in the evening F And all the music seeping through [Inst] C F7 C7 F7 F Bb F Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F C C7 C F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro]