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