Tablature night comes on - 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

  

  -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Must be lamb today cause beef was last week =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

   


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 Night comes on, de Leonard cohen 

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