Night comes on

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        D            G
I went down to the place
          D           Dsus2
Where I knew she lay waiting
D          G               A
Under the marble and the snow
         D            G
I said, Mother, I'm frightened
      D              Dsus2
The thunder and the lightning
      D            G           A
I'll never come through this alone
     G             C
She said, I'll be with you
     G             C
My shawl wrapped around you
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My hand on your head when you go
         D
And the night came on
    Am
It was very calm
   F                      C
I wanted that night to go on and on
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But she said, Go back, go back to the World


         D          G
We were fighting in Egypt
           D             Dsus2
When they signed this agreement
      D     G            A
That nobody else had to die
                D        G
There was this terrible sound
        D           Dsus2
And my father went down
        D        G            A
With a terrible wound in his side
           G       C
He said, Try to go on
         G              C
Take my books, take my gun
       G          C             G
And remember, my son, how they lied
         D
And the night comes on
          Am
And 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
We were locked in this kitchen
   D              Dsus2
I took to religion
       D            G               A
And I wondered how long she would stay
   D         G
I needed so much
         D           Dsus2
To have nothing to touch
     D             G          A
I've always been greedy that way
        G          C
But my son and my daughter
        G           C
Climbed out of the water
         G          C           G
Crying, Papa, you promised to play
          D
And they lead me away
         Am
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
Now I look for her always
     D            Dsus2
I'm lost in this calling
     D             G              A
I'm tied to the threads of some prayer
          D            G
Saying, When will she summon me
  D            Dsus2
When will she come to me
  D          G        A
What must I do to prepare
          G           C
When she bends to my longing
        G              C
Like a willow, like a fountain
      G            C       G
She stands in the luminous air
         D
And the night comes on
          Am
And it's very calm
   F                       C
I lie in her arms and she says, When I'm gone
         G                  D     G     D
I'll be yours, yours for a song


          D                 G
Now the crickets are singing
     D                  Dsus2
The vesper bells ringing
     D              G            A
The cat's curled asleep in his chair
         D              G
I'll go down to Bill's Bar
       D              Dsus2
I can make it that far
          D          G                 A
And I'll see if my friends are still there
          G             C
Yes, and here's to the few
        G             C
Who forgive what you do
         G         C          G
And the fewer who don't even care
         D
And the night comes on
      Am
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


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