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Night Comes On

Night Comes On easy guitar chords by Judy Collins

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

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Capo

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Dm

  • Bb

  • F

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Dm

  • Bb

  • F

    • Verse 1
    G

    I went down to the place

    Where I knew, she lay waiting
    D

    Under the marble and the snow
    Verse 2
    G

    I said, "Mother I'm frightened

    The thunder and the lightning
    D

    I'll never come through this alone"
    Verse 3
    C

    She said, “I'll be with you

    My shawl wrapped around you

    My hand on your head when you go”
    Verse 4
    G
    Dm

    And the night came on, it was very calm
    Bb
    F

    I wanted the night to go on and on
    C

    But she said, “Go back,
    G

    go back to the world”
    Verse 5

    We were fighting in Egypt

    When they signed this agreement
    D

    That nobody else had to die
    Verse 6
    G

    There was this terrible sound

    And my father went down
    D

    With a terrible wound in his side
    Verse 7
    C

    He said, “Try to go on

    Take my books, take my gun

    And remember, my son, how they lied”
    Verse 8
    G

    And the night comes on
    D
    Dm

    and it's very calm
    Bb

    I'd like to pretend that my
    F

    father was wrong
    C

    But you don't want to lie, not to the young
    G
    Verse 9


    We were locked in this kitchen

    I took to religion
    D

    And wondered how long she would stay
    Verse 10
    G

    I needed so much

    To have nothing to touch
    D

    I've always been greedy that way
    Verse 11
    C

    But my son and my daughter

    Climbed out of the water

    Cryin' papa, you promised to play
    Verse 12
    G

    And they lead me away
    Dm

    to the great surprise
    Bb

    It's papa, don't peek,
    F

    papa, cover your eyes
    C
    G

    And they hide, they hide in the World
    Verse 13
    G

    Now I look for her always

    I'm lost in this calling
    D

    I'm tied to the threads of some prayer
    Verse 14
    G

    Saying, “When will she summon me?

    When will she come to me?
    D

    What must I do to prepare?”
    Verse 15
    C

    Then she bends to my longing

    Like a willow, like a fountain

    She stands in the luminous air
    Verse 16
    G

    And the night comes on
    Dm

    and it's very calm
    Bb
    F

    I lie in her arms and says,

    “When I'm gone
    C
    G

    I'll be yours, yours for a song”
    Verse 17

    Now the crickets are singing

    The vesper bells ringing
    D

    The cat's curled asleep in his chair
    Verse 18
    G

    I'll go down to Bill's Bar

    I can make it that far
    D

    And I'll see if my friends are still there
    Verse 19
    C

    And yes, here's to the few

    Who forgive what you do

    And the fewer who don't even care
    Verse 20
    G

    And the night comes on and
    Dm

    it's very calm
    Bb
    F

    I want to cross over, I want to go home
    C

    And she says, “Go back,

    go back to the world”

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