Leonard Cohen – Night Comes On (Ukulele)

             D            G             D
     I went down to the place where I knew she lay waiting

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     Under the marble and the snow

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     I said Mother I'm frightened the thunder and the lightning

                        G           A
     I'll never come through this alone

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     She said I'll be with you my shawl wrapped around you

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     My hand on your head when you go

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     And the night came on it was very calm, I wanted the night to go on and on

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     But she said go back, go back to the world

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     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

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     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

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     But you don't want to lie, not to the young

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     We were locked in this kitchen I took to religion

                         G               A
     And I wondered how long she would stay

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     I needed so much to have nothing to touch, I've always been greedy that way

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     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

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     It's Papa don't peek, Papa cover your eyes

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     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

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     When she bends to my longing like a willow like a fountain

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     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

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     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

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     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

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     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

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     But she says go back, go back to the world