Night Comes On
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Night Comes On
Leonard Cohen
#From: Mick Anderson (micka@jolt.mpx.com.au)
#3/4 time
D G D / D G D /
I went d
D
own to the pl
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ace where I kn
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ew she lay waiting
Under the m
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arble and the sn
A
ow
I said M
D
other I'm fr
G
ightened the th
D
under and the lightning
I'll never come thr
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ough this al
A
one
She s
G
aid I'll be w
C
ith you my sh
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awl wrapped aro
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und you
My h
G
and on your h
C
ead when you g
G
o
And the n
D
ight came on it was v
Am
ery calm, I w
F
anted the night to go
C
on and on
But she s
G
aid go back, go back to the wo
D
rld
G
D
We were f
D
ighting in
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Egypt when they s
D
igned this agreement
That nobody e
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lse had to d
A
ie
There was this t
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errible so
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und and my f
D
ather went down
With a terrible wo
G
und in his s
A
ide
He said t
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ry to go
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on take my bo
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oks take my g
C
un
Rem
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ember my s
C
on how they l
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ied
And the n
D
ight comes on it's v
Am
ery calm
I'd l
F
ike to pretend that my f
C
ather was wrong
But you d
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on't want to lie, not to the yo
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ung
G
D
We were l
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ocked in this k
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itchen I t
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ook to religion
And I wondered how l
G
ong she would st
A
ay
I n
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eeded so m
G
uch to have n
D
othing to touch, I've always been gr
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eedy that w
A
ay
But my s
G
on and my da
C
ughter climbed o
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ut of the w
C
ater
Crying P
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apa you pr
C
omised to pl
G
ay
And they l
D
ead me away to the gr
Am
eat surprise
It's P
F
apa don't peek, Papa c
C
over your eyes
And they h
G
ide, they hide in the wo
D
rld
G
D
Now I l
D
ook for her
G
always I'm l
D
ost in this calling
I'm tied to the thr
G
eads of some pr
A
ayer
Saying wh
D
en will she s
G
ummon me wh
D
en will she come to me
What must I d
G
o to prep
A
are
When she b
G
ends to my l
C
onging like a w
G
illow like a fo
C
untain
She st
G
ands in the l
C
uminous a
G
ir
And the n
D
ight comes on it's v
Am
ery calm
I l
F
ie in her arms, she s
C
ays when I'm gone
I'll be yo
G
urs, yours for a s
D
ong
G
D
Now the cr
D
ickets are s
G
inging, the v
D
esper bells ringing
The cat's curled asl
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eep in his ch
A
air
I'll go d
D
own to Bill's B
G
ar, I can m
D
ake it that far
And I'll see if my fri
G
ends are still th
A
ere
Yes and h
G
ere's to the f
C
ew who forg
G
ive what you d
C
o
And the f
G
ewer who d
C
on't even c
G
are
And the n
D
ight comes on, it's v
Am
ery calm
I w
F
ant to cross over I w
C
ant to go home
But she s
G
ays go back, go back to the wo
D
rld
G
D
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