Night Comes On chords by Leonard Cohen

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

     D  G  D  /   D  G  D  /

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

                 G                 A
     Under the marble and the snow

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

                         G             A
     I'll never come through this alone

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

          G              C               G
     My hand on your head when you go

               D                      Am              F                       C
     And the night came on it was very calm, I wanted the night to go on and on

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

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

                   G             A
     That nobody else had to die

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

                        G             A
     With a terrible wound in his side

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

         G           C              G
     Remember my son how they lied

               D                     Am
     And the night comes on it's very calm

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

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

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

                          G                 A
     And I wondered how long she would stay

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

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

              G           C             G
     Crying Papa you promised to play

                D                      Am
     And they lead me away to the great surprise

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

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

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

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

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

                   G          A
     What must I do to prepare

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

            G              C          G
     She stands in the luminous air

               D                     Am
     And the night comes on it's very calm

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

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

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

                          G              A
     The cat's curled asleep in his chair

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

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

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

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

               D                      Am
     And the night comes on, it's very calm

         F                      C
     I want to cross over I want to go home

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

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Written by:         Mick Anderson     micka@jolt.mpx.com.au

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