In The Evening

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

B7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro: E A E A E B7 A E 
 
Verse 1: 
E 
In the evening baby, when the sun goes down 
        A                           E 
In the evening, when the sun goes down 
             B7   E 
Sure get lonesome when your baby's not around, mmm 
 
 
Instrumental #1 
E A E B7 A E A E A E B7 A E 
 
Verse 2: 
E 
Sure gets lonesome, sleepin' all by yourself 
              A                                  E 
Sure gets lonesome baby, sleepin' all by yourself 
         B7                    A                             E                           B7 
When your lovin' somebody else, she's sleepin' with somebody else, when the sun goes down 
 
 
Instrumental #2 
E A E B7 A E 
 
Verse 3: 
E              A                   E 
In the evenin', when the sun goes down, oooh lord 
        A                             E 
In the evenin', when the sun goes down 
          B7       A                           E                       B7 
Sure gets lonesome when your baby's not around, when the sun goes down 
 
 
Instrumental #3 
E A E A E B7 A E B7 
 
 
Verse 4: 
       E                       A                       E 
In the evenin', in the evenin', mama when the sun goes down 
       A                               E 
In the evenin', mama when the sun goes down 
          B7       E                                                  E7 
Sure gets lonesome when your baby's not around, when the sun goes down

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Chord set

E · A · B7 · E7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.