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Night Comes On (Leonard Cohen)
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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 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Put your problems out with the cat -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Written by: Mick Anderson micka@jolt.mpx.com.au -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Must be lamb today cause beef was last week =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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