Hurry Sundown
Robinson/Harburg
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   Am  G       Am       G            Am
1. My seed is sown now, my field is plowed.
                C        G           C   -    G
   My flesh is bone now, my back is bowed.

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       G        C                Am
   So hurry sundown; be on your way.
                   F  G             F       G       C
   And hurry me a sun-up from this beat-up sundown day.
               G                   C
   Hurry down sundown, be on your way.
               F      G        C - Em - Am
   Weave me tomorrow out of today.

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    G          Am           G              Am
2. Tomorrow's breeze now, blows clear and loud.
               C          G            C    -    G
   I'm off my knees now, I'm standing proud.

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       G      Am        G                Am
3. My sorrow song now, just must break through.
                   C         G        C  -  G
   That brave new dawn now, long overdue.

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    G          C        G          C - C7
4. Hurry down sundown, get thee begone.
    F               G      F         G
   Get lost is the sunrise of a new dawn.
               C    C7               F
   Hurry down sundown, take the old day,
               C           F          C
   Wrap it in new dreams, send it my way,
    F          C    F          C
   Send it my way, send it my way.