Night Comes On chords by
Judy Collins
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Key: Ab major•
Verse 1
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I went down to the place
Where I knew, she lay waiting
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Under the marble and the snow
Verse 2
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I said, "Mother I'm frightened
The thunder and the lightning
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I'll never come through this alone"
Verse 3
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She said, “I'll be with you
My shawl wrapped around you
My hand on your head when you go”
Verse 4
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And the night came on, it was very calm
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I wanted the night to go on and on
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But she said, “Go back,
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go back to the world”
Verse 5
We were fighting in Egypt
When they signed this agreement
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That nobody else had to die
Verse 6
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There was this terrible sound
And my father went down
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With a terrible wound in his side
Verse 7
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He said, “Try to go on
Take my books, take my gun
And remember, my son, how they lied”
Verse 8
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And the night comes on
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and it's very calm
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I'd like to pretend that my
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father was wrong
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But you don't want to lie, not to the young
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Verse 9
We were locked in this kitchen
I took to religion
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And wondered how long she would stay
Verse 10
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I needed so much
To have nothing to touch
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I've always been greedy that way
Verse 11
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But my son and my daughter
Climbed out of the water
Cryin' papa, you promised to play
Verse 12
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And they lead me away
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to the great surprise
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It's papa, don't peek,
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papa, cover your eyes
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And they hide, they hide in the World
Verse 13
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Now I look for her always
I'm lost in this calling
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I'm tied to the threads of some prayer
Verse 14
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Saying, “When will she summon me?
When will she come to me?
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What must I do to prepare?”
Verse 15
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Then she bends to my longing
Like a willow, like a fountain
She stands in the luminous air
Verse 16
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And the night comes on
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and it's very calm
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I lie in her arms and says,
“When I'm gone
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I'll be yours, yours for a song”
Verse 17
Now the crickets are singing
The vesper bells ringing
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The cat's curled asleep in his chair
Verse 18
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I'll go down to Bill's Bar
I can make it that far
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And I'll see if my friends are still there
Verse 19
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And yes, here's to the few
Who forgive what you do
And the fewer who don't even care
Verse 20
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And the night comes on and
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it's very calm
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I want to cross over, I want to go home
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And she says, “Go back,
go back to the world”

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