DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME

Written by
Bernie Taupin

Originally performed by

Elton John (1974)
The Gimmes' version also includes
Misc.

A-side of the "ELTON" 7" (1999).

The song also appears on the Pizza Of Death Records / Fat Wreck Chords CD (EP) "Turn Japanese" (2001) and on the Punk Chartbusters, Vol. 3 and Warped Tour Compilation 2001 compilations. Check out the other comps the Gimmes have appeared on here.

It later appeared as track 12 of "Have Another Ball" (2008).

Tabs
Bass tab (from www.jiihootabs.cjb.net).

Lyrics :

I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life

It's too late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your little life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blind, blind, blind

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

I can't find all the right romantic lines
But see me once and see the way I feel
And don't discard me just because you think I mean you harm
But these cuts I have they need love to help them heal

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Don't let the sun go down on me (don't let the sun)
Although I search myself, it's someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me