Night Comes On

Night Comes On easy guitar chords by Leonard Cohen

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  • Verse 1
    went 
    down 
    to 
    the place 
    where I 

    knew 
    she lay 
    waiting 

    Under 
    the marble 
    and 
    the 
    snow 

    said, 
    Mother 
    I'm frightened, 

    the 
    thunder 
    and 
    the lightning 

    I'll never 
    come 
    through 
    this 
    alone 

    She said, 
    I'll 
    be 
    with 
    you, my 

    shawl 
    wrapped 
    around 
    you 

    My 
    hand 
    on your 
    head 
    when you 
    go 

    And 
    the 
    night 
    came 
    on, 
    it 
    was 
    very 
    calm 

    Verse 2
    wanted 
    the night 
    to 
    go 
    on and on 

    But she 
    said, 
    go 
    back, 

    go 
    back 
    to the world 

    We were 
    fighting 
    in Egypt 
    when 

    they signed 
    this 
    agreement 

    That 
    nobody 
    else 
    had 
    to 
    die 

    There 
    was 
    this 
    terrible 
    sound, 

    my father 
    went 
    down 

    With a 
    terrible 
    wound 
    in his 
    side 

    He said, 
    try 
    to 
    go 
    on, 
    take 
    my 
    books, 

    take 
    my 
    gun 

    Remember, 
    my 
    son, 
    how 
    they 
    lied 

    And the 
    night 
    comes 
    on, 
    it's 
    very 
    calm 

    I'd 
    like 
    to 
    pretend 
    that 
    my 

    father 
    was wrong 

    But you 
    don't 
    want 
    to lie, 

    not 
    to 
    the 
    young 

    We were 
    Verse 3
    locked 
    in this 
    kitchen, 

    took 
    to 
    religion 

    And 
    I wondered 
    how 
    long 
    she would 
    stay 

    needed 
    so 
    much 
    to 
    have 

    nothing 
    to touch 

    I've 
    always 
    been 
    greedy 
    that 
    way 

    But my 
    son 
    and 
    my 
    daughter 
    climbed 

    out 
    of 
    the 
    wa
    ter

    Crying, 
    Papa, 
    you 
    promised 
    to play 

    And they 
    lead 
    me 
    away 

    to the 
    great 
    surprise 

    It's 
    Papa, 
    don't 
    peek, 
    Papa, 

    cover 
    your 
    eyes 

    And they 
    hide, 
    they 
    hide 
    in the 
    world 

    Verse 4
    Now I 
    look 
    for 
    her 
    always, 

    I'm 
    lost 
    in this calling 

    I'm 
    tied 
    to the 
    threads 
    of 
    some 
    prayer 

    Saying 
    when 
    will 
    she summon 
    me, 

    when 
    will she 
    come 
    to 
    me 

    What 
    must 
    do 
    to 
    pre
    pare? 

    When 
    she 
    bends 
    to my 
    longing 
    like 
    a willow, 

    like 
    a fountain 

    She 
    stands 
    in the 
    luminous 
    air 

    And the 
    night 
    comes 
    on, 
    it's 
    very 
    calm 

    lie 
    in her 
    arms 
    and says 

    when 
    I'm gone 

    I'll be 
    yours, 
    yours 
    for a 
    song 

    Verse 5
    Now the 
    crickets 
    are 
    singing, 

    the vesper 
    bells 
    ringing 

    The 
    cat's 
    curled 
    asleep 
    in 
    his 
    chair 

    I'll go 
    down 
    to 
    Bill's 
    Bar, 

    I can 
    make 
    it that 
    far 

    And I'll 
    see 
    if my 
    friends 
    are 
    still 
    there 

    Yes, 
    and 
    here's 
    to the 
    few, 

    who 
    forgive 
    what 
    you 
    do 

    And the 
    fewer 
    who 
    don't 
    even 
    care 

    And the 
    night 
    comes 
    on, 
    it's 
    very 
    calm 

    want 
    to cross 
    over, 
    want to 
    go 
    home 

    But she 
    says, 
    Go 
    back, 

    go 
    back 
    to the 
    world 

    Outro 1


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