Night Comes On chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

Night Comes On  (Leonard Cohen)
3/4 time:

   D MajorD G+G D MajorD /  D MajorD G+G D MajorD /

       D MajorD       G+G        D MajorD
   I went down to the place where I knew she lay waiting

         G+G         A augmentedA
   Under the marble and the snow

       D MajorD       G+G        D MajorD
   I said Mother I'm frightened the thunder and the lightning

             G+G       A augmentedA
   I'll never come through this alone

      G+G       C majorC       G+G        C majorC
   She said I'll be with you my shawl wrapped around you

     G+G       C majorC        G+G
   My hand on your head when you go

        D MajorD           A minorAm       FF            C majorC
   And the night came on it was very calm, I wanted the night to go on and on

       G+G               D MajorD G+G D MajorD /
   But she said go back, go back to the world

        D MajorD      G+G         D MajorD
   We were fighting in Egypt when they signed this agreement

          G+G       A augmentedA
   That nobody else had to die

           D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD
   There was this terrible sound and my father went down

            G+G       A augmentedA
   With a terrible wound in his side

        G+G     C majorC       G+G       C majorC
   He said try to go on take my books take my gun

     G+G      C majorC       G+G
   Remember my son how they lied

        D MajorD           A minorAm
   And the night comes on it's very calm

      FF             C majorC
   I'd like to pretend that my father was wrong

       G+G               D MajorD G+G D MajorD /
   But you don't want to lie, not to the young

        D MajorD        G+G      D MajorD
   We were locked in this kitchen I took to religion

             G+G         A augmentedA
   And I wondered how long she would stay

     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD                   G+G      A augmentedA
   I needed so much to have nothing to touch, I've always been greedy that way

       G+G       C majorC         G+G      C majorC
   But my son and my daughter climbed out of the water

       G+G      C majorC       G+G
   Crying Papa you promised to play

        D MajorD           A minorAm
   And they lead me away to the great surprise

      FF            C majorC
   It's Papa don't peek, Papa cover your eyes

        G+G            D MajorD G+G D MajorD /
   And they hide, they hide in the world

       D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD
   Now I look for her always I'm lost in this calling

             G+G        A augmentedA
   I'm tied to the threads of some prayer

        D MajorD       G+G      D MajorD
   Saying when will she summon me when will she come to me

          G+G     A augmentedA
   What must I do to prepare

        G+G       C majorC        G+G        C majorC
   When she bends to my longing like a willow like a fountain

      G+G       C majorC     G+G
   She stands in the luminous air

        D MajorD           A minorAm
   And the night comes on it's very calm

     FF           C majorC
   I lie in her arms, she says when I'm gone

        G+G         D MajorD G+G D MajorD /
   I'll be yours, yours for a song

        D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD
   Now the crickets are singing, the vesper bells ringing

             G+G       A augmentedA
   The cat's curled asleep in his chair

        D MajorD        G+G      D MajorD
   I'll go down to Bill's Bar, I can make it that far

              G+G         A augmentedA
   And I'll see if my friends are still there

        G+G        C majorC      G+G        C majorC
   Yes and here's to the few who forgive what you do

        G+G      C majorC      G+G
   And the fewer who don't even care

        D MajorD           A minorAm
   And the night comes on, it's very calm

     FF           C majorC
   I want to cross over I want to go home

       G+G               D MajorD G+G D MajorD /
   But she says go back, go back to the world
   G+G / / / / / / / D MajorD G+G D MajorD / D MajorD G+G D MajorD

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