Tom: E E F#m E F#m [Verse 1] E B Pastel shades the hour E F#m F#m B E F#m B when evening climbs the sky and burns a golden highway to the west E B and the distant city sounds E F#m F#m B E C#m E caress the trembling leaves to die among the far horizon shores [Chorus] F#m B E C#m then the song of the evening comes in, gentle harmony F#m B E and lingers 'til the closing, of the day F#m B E C#m just a song of evening flows on, like some tumbling river F#m B E and like a river, flows away [Verse 2] E B I look beyond the window E F#m B E F#m B where twisted shadows play and trees are bare below the frozen stars E B the stranger hurries through the cold E F#m B E C#m E his collar round his ears dreaming words of comfort, and a fire [Chorus] F#m B E C#m then the song of the evening comes in, gentle harmony F#m B E and lingers 'til the closing, of the day F#m B E C#m just a song of evening flows on, like some tumbling river F#m B E and like a river, flows away