Author/Artist: David Gilmour
Title: Dimming of the day (Richard Thompson)
Album: David Gilmour In Concert
Transcribed by: Pieffe
Email: luf@tiscali.it

After the intro, I figured the riffs, only the first time they're played.
Next I wrote only the name of them. I didn't tab the 2nd guitar improvisations.

Intro
|-------------2-2p0---------2p0---0-2-3-|---------------------|----------------|
|-----3---3---------3-----3-----3-------|-----2-------3-----5-|-5--7--5--5--3--|
|---2---2---------------2---------------|---2-----------------|-0--0--0--0--0--|
|-0----------0--------0-----------------|-2-----2-2/4---4/5---|-5--5--5--5--5--|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------|----------------|


|------2-2p0---2p0---------3-3p2p0-0-0-2-|---------------------|
|------------3-----3-----3---------------|-----2-------3-----5-|
|---2------------------2-----------------|---2-----------------|
|-0------------------0-----------------0-|-2-----2-2/4---4/5---|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------|


          D                               A        (riff 1 and 2)
This old house is falling down around my ears
                                     |---------------------|----------------|
                                     |-----2-------3-----5-|-5--7--5--5--3--|
                                     |---2-----------------|-0--0--0--0--0--|
                                     |-2-----2-2/4---4/5---|-5--5--5--5--5--|
                                     |---------------------|----------------|
                                     |---------------------|----------------|
                                           ^riff 1^             ^ riff 2^

      G5           D           A        (riff 1 and 2)
I'm drowning in a river of my tears

     D                                 A        (riff 1 and 2)
When all my will is gone You hold me sway

   G5              D       A      D          (riff 3 - var.1)
I need You at the dimming of the day
                                    |---------------------------|-2-------------|
                                    |--------2---3---/5---3-----|---------------|
                                    |--4-----2---2---/4---2-----|---------------|
                                    |----5----------------------|----0----------|
                                    |---------------------------|--------4----2-|
                                    |---------------------------|---------------|
                                             ^riff 3^              ^ var.1 ^

    A                                   E
You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide

    A                                 E             A          D          G5
You know just where I keep my better side    (uh-uh-uh) (uh-uh-uh) (uh-uh-uh-uh)


      D                              A       (riff 1 and 2)
What days have come to keep us far apart

   G5            D             A       (riff 1 and 2-bis)
A broken promise or a broken heart
                                   |------------|
                                   |-5--5--3--3-|
                                   |-0--0--0--0-|
                                   |-5--5--5--5-|
                                   |------------|
                                   |------------|
                                                               ^ riff 2-bis^

     D                                 A        (riff 1 and 2-bis)
Now all the bonny birds have wheeled away

   G5              D      A       D          (riff 3 - var.1)
I need You at the dimming of the day


 A                                 E
Come the night You're only what I want

 A                                 E                A          D          G5
Come the night You could be my confidante    (uh-uh-uh) (uh-uh-uh) (uh-uh-uh-uh)


   D                            A        (riff 1 and 2-bis)
I see You in the street in company

     G5                 D                   A          (riff 1 and 4)
Why don't You come and ease Your mind with me                                                          D
                                             |-----------------------------2--|
                                             |-7--7---8--8--10--10--12-----3--|
                                             |-----------------------------2--|
                                             |-7--7---9--9--10--10--12--------|
                                             |--------------------------------|
                                             |--------------------------------|
                                                         ^riff 4^
(Instead of D, the 2nd guitar play this: -10-10-11-x-x-x)


     D                              A        (riff 1 and 2-bis)
I'm living for the night we steal away

   G5              D      A       D          (riff 3 - var.2)
I need You at the dimming of the day
                                     |------------------------------|----3----|
                                     |-----------2---3---/5---3-----|----3----|
                                     |-----4-----2---2---/4---2-----|----0----|
                                     |-------5----------------------|----0----|
                                     |------------------------------|----2----|
                                     |------------------------------|----3----|
                                                ^riff 3^             ^var. 2^

   D               A              D          (riff 3 - var.3)
I need You at the dimming of the day.
                                     |-----------------------------|-3---2----|
                                     |-----------2---3---/5---3----|-3---3----|
                                     |-----4-----2---2---/4---2----|-0---2----|
                                     |-------5---------------------|-0--------|
                                     |-----------------------------|-2--------|
                                     |-----------------------------|-3--------|
                                                ^riff 3^              ^var. 3^



    s    l    o    w    l    y
|-----------------------------|---2----|-p-|
|-----------2---3---/5---3----|---3----|-i-|
|-----4-----2---2---/4---2----|---2----|-e-|
|-------5---------------------|--------|-f-|
|-----------------------------|--------|-f-|
|-----------------------------|--------|-e-|
           ^riff 3^