Chords for Leonard Cohen, Night Comes On, Dublin, 12-09-2012

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_ I _ _ _ _ went down to the place [G] where my mother [C] lay waiting _ _ _
Under the marble and [G] the stone
_ _ And [C] I said, Mother, I'm afraid this thunder, the lightning
I'll never [F] come through [G] this alone
_ _ She _ [F]
said, I'll be with you, my shawl wrapped around you
My hands on your head when you go
_ _ And the night [C] comes on and it's very [Gm] cold
_ _ [Eb] Oh, how I wanted that night to go [Bb] on and on
[F] But she said, Go back, _ _ _ go back to [C] the world _ _ _
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We were fighting in Egypt when they signed this agreement
That nobody _ else [G] had to die _
There [C] was this terrible sound, my father went down
With a terrible _ wound in [G] his side
[Em] She [F] said, Try to go on, take my books, take my gun
Remember my song, how they lied
_ [C] And the night comes _ on and it's [Gm] very calm
_ _ [Eb] I'd like to pretend that my [Bb] father was wrong
[F] But you're going to lie, _ _ _ _ _
not to [C] the young
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_ We were locked in this kitchen I took to meet
And I wondered how long she [G] would stay
_ Oh, [C] I needed [F] so much to have nothing to touch
Of all these little greedy that [G] dwell _
_ _ But [F] my son, my daughter, cut _ her the water
My father, he _ promised to play
_ _ _ And [C] they gave me away to a [Gm] great _ surprise
[Eb] This father, _ he [Bb] called the cover guys
And [F] they _ _ hide, _ _ they _ hide [C] in the world _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Oh, I look for her always, I'm lost in this calling
I'm tied to the threads of [G] some thread
_ _ _ [C] Say, when will she send me, when will she come to me
What must I do [G] to prepare
_ _ When [F] she bends to my lawn like a willow, like a fountain
She stands in the loom in a sail
_ And [C] the night comes on and [Gm] it's very calm
_ [Eb] I lie in her arms and she [Bb]
says, When I'm gone, I'll be [F]
yours _ _ _ _ _
_ Yours for a [C]
song _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Oh, the crickets are singing, the whisper bells ring
Cats curl asleep in [G] the chill
_ _ I'll [C] go down to Bill's bar, I can make it that far
_ And I'll see if my house slums are [G] still _ there
Yes, [F] in here there are few who forgive what you do
And the few who _ don't even care
_ _ And the [C] night comes on _ and it's [Gm] very calm
_ [Eb] I want to cross over, [Bb] I want to go home
And she [F]
says, Go back, _ _ _ _ back to [C] the world _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ went down to the place where my mother lay waiting _ _
Under the _ [G] marvellous, _ _ _ I [C] said, Mother, I'm afraid _
Listen, _ _ _ _ I'll never come through this [G] alone
_ _ _ She [F] said, I'll be with you, I shall wander round _
I'll have the [Bb] heartache when [F] you go
_ _ And [C] the night comes on and it's [Gm] very calm
So [Eb] I wanted that day to [Bb] go on and on
But [F] she said, Go back, _ _ _ go back to the [C] world
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