| C | G | |
| The sun is slowly | fadin' in the west | ern sky |
| C | G | |
| Sometimes it takes for | ever the | day to end |
| Am | |
| Some | times it takes a lifetime |
| C | G | |
| Some | times I think I'll never see the | sun again |
| Verse 2: |
| There's a heavy smog between me and the mountains |
| It's enough to make a grown man sit and cry |
| It's enough to make you wonder |
| It's enough to make the world roll up and die |
| CHORUS: |
| Am | C | D7 | G | |
| I | think it's kind of | interesting the | way things get to | be |
| Em | G | |
| The | way the people work wtih their ma | chines |
| Am | C | D | G | |
| Se | renity's a | long time | comin' to | me |
| Am | C | D | |
| In | fact, I don't believe that | I know what it | means |
| Verse 3: |
| In the east a shaded moon is hangin' lazily |
| I do believe I saw the old man smile |
| I do believe I did |
| I do believe that he's been laughin' all the while |
| (chorus; add "anymore" to end of last line) |
| (repeat verse 1) |