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Version 13/4 [Intro] | C | C | G | G | C | [Verse 1] C G At the close of the day, when the sun sinks away C Below the Western Sea F Fm/D C Then I'll stake my rest, in a little love nest D G Built for Carrie, Anita and me [Chorus] C F A big Morris chair, waits for me there C G C In front of a bright log fire C My babe at my knee and my wife sings with me D7 G While I strum on my old guitar [Bridge] C F C In fact we're as happy, as happy can be-eeh G C In the evening just Carrie, Anita and me [Interlude] | C | C | G | C | | C | F | F | F | | F | C | C | C | | C | C | G | C | [Yodel] | C | G | G | C | [Verse 2] G Everything may go wrong, as I toiled all day long C G C But when these shadows fall F C The cares of the day, slips softly away D D7 G When I hear the old home call [Chorus] C F A big Morris chair, waits for me there C G C In front of a bright log fire C My babe at my knee and my wife sings with me D7 G While I strum on my old guitar [Coda] C F C In fact we're as happy, as happy can be-eeh G C In the evening just Carrie, Anita and me [Outro] | C | C | G | C | (yodel)