Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen - Night Comes On guitar tab

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

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