# # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Night Comes On (Leonard Cohen) #(3/4 time) # DGDDGD 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 GD 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 GD 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 GD 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 GD 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 GD But she says go back, go back to the world GDGDD -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Put your problems out with the cat -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Written by: Mick Anderson micka@jolt.mpx.com.au -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Must be lamb today cause beef was last week =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-