Night Comes On - Cohen Leonard, guitar chords

Published: 2013-01-03 18:56
Selection chords: Sofia Davis

D G D x2

        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 Iʼm frightened the thunder and the lightning
                   G           A
Iʼll never come through this alone
     G            C            G              C
She said Iʼll 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 itʼs very calm
     F                       C
Iʼd like to pretend that my father was wrong
         G                              D  G  D
But you donʼt 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, Iʼve 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
Itʼs Papa donʼt 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 Iʼm lost in this calling
                   G              A
Iʼm 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 itʼs very calm
   F                    C
I lie in her arms, she says when Iʼm gone
          G                 D  G  D
Iʼll be yours, yours for a song

          D           G            D
Now the crickets are singing, the vesper bells ringing
                    G            A
The catʼs curled asleep in his chair
         D              G          D
Iʼll go down to Billʼs Bar, I can make it that far
                      G                A
And Iʼll see if my friends are still there
         G             C          G             C
Yes and hereʼs to the few who forgive what you do
         G         C          G
And the fewer who donʼt even care
         D                    Am
And the night comes on, itʼs 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