Night Comes On Leonard Cohen
[Intro]
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D [x2]
[Intro Verse]
I went [D]down to the [Dsus4]place
Where my [D]mother lay [Dsus2]waiting
[D]Under the [Dsus4]marble and the [A]snow
I said: "[D]Mother I'm [Dsus4]frightened
The [D]thunder, the [Dsus2]lightning
I'll [D]never come [Dsus4]through this [A]alone"
She [G]said: "I'll be [C/G]with you
My [G]shawl wrapped [C/G]around you
My [G]hand on your [C/G]head when you [G]go"
And the [D]night comes on
And it's [Am]very calm
I [F]want that night to go [C]on and on
But she [G]said: "Go back, back to the wor[D]ld" [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[Verse 2]
We were [D]fighting in [Dsus4]Egypt
When they [D]signed this [Dsus2]agreement
[D]Nobody [Dsus4]else had to [A]die
There was this [D]terrible [Dsus4]sound
And my [D]father went [Dsus2]down
With a [D]terrible [Dsus4]wound in his [A]side
He said: "[G]Try to go [C/G]on
Take my [G]books, take my [C/G]gun and
Re[G]member, my [C/G]son, how they [G]lied"
And the [D]night comes on
And it's [Am]very calm
I'd [F]like to pretend that my [C]father was wrong
But you [G]don't wanna lie, not to the [D]young[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[Verse 3]
We were [D]locked in this [Dsus4]kitchen
I [D]took to re[Dsus2]ligion
And I [D]wondered how [Dsus4]long she would [A]stay
I [D]needed so [Dsus4]much
To have [D]nothing to [Dsus2]touch
I've [D]always been [Dsus4]greedy that [A]way
But my [G]son, my [C/G]daughter
Climbed [G]out of the [C/G]water
Crying: "[G]papa, you [C/G]promised to [G]play!"
And they [D]lead me away
To the [Am]great surprise
It's [F]papa, don't peek, papa, [C]cover your eyes
And they [G]hide, hide in the [D]world[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[Verse 4]
Now I [D]look for her [Dsus4]always
I'm [D]lost in this [Dsus2]calling
I'm [D]tied to the [Dsus4]threads of a [A]prayer
Saying: "[D]when will she [Dsus4]summon me
[D]When will she [Dsus2]come to me
[D]What must I [Dsus4]do to pre[A]pare
When she [G]bends to my [C/G]longing
Like a [G]willow, like a [C/G]fountain
She [G]stands in the [C/G]luminous [G]air"
And the n[D]ight comes on
And it's [Am]very calm
I [F]lie in her arms she [C]says: "When I'm gone
I'll be [G]yours, yours for a [D]song[Dsus4]"[D] [Dsus2] [D]
[Verse 5]
Now the [D]crickets are [Dsus4]singing
The [D]vesper bells [Dsus2]ringing
[D]Cats curled a[Dsus4]sleep in [A]chairs
I'll go [D]down to Bill's [Dsus4]bar
Or I can [D]make it that [Dsus2]far
And I'll [D]see if my [Dsus4]friends are still [A]there
And [G]here's to the [C/G]few
Who [G]forgive what you [C/G]do
And the [G]fewer who [C/G]don't even [G]care
And the [D]night comes on
And it's [Am]very calm
I [F]want to cross over, I [C]want to go home
But she [G]says, go back, go back to the [D]world[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[Instrumental]
[Outro Verse]
I went [D]down to the [Dsus4]place
Where my [D]mother lay [Dsus2]waiting
[D]Under the [Dsus4]marble and the [A]snow
I said: "[D]Mother I'm [Dsus4]frightened
The [D]thunder, the [Dsus2]lightning
I'll [D]never come [Dsus4]through this [A]alone"
She [G]said: "I'll be [C/G]with you
My [G]shawl wrapped [C/G]around you
My [G]hand on your [C/G]head when you [G]go"
And the [D]night comes on
And it's [Am]very calm
I [F]want to cross over, I [C]want to go home
But she [G]said: "Go back, back to the wor[D]ld" [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
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