The Charity of Night
The Charity of Night

The Charity of Night easy guitar chords by Bruce Cockburn

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  • Intro 1







    Verse 1
    Big 
    city 
    Europa, 

    July 
    of 
    '64, it's 
    5 A.M. 

    Weather 
    blowing 
    bitter 
    off 
    the Baltic 

    Verse 2
    Car 
    slows 
    beside 
    him 
    as he walks 


    Hubcaps slow 
    revolution 

    Jaundiced-looking 
    pockmarked 
    pockmarked 
    face, 

    round 
    in window 

    Short greasy 
    black 
    beard 

    Couple 
    of 
    language 
    stabs, 
    settle 
    on English 
    Verse 3


    "It's cold, 
    I'll 
    give you 
    a ride 

    Don't 
    you want 
    to kiss 

    me?" 

    Verse 4

    This goes 
    on 
    halfway 
    across 

    the cobbled 
    bridge 

    Driver 
    pulls ahead, 

    gets 
    out by 
    the construction 
    fence 

    Ambles 
    towards 
    him rubbing 
    the bulge 

    in his 
    pants 

    Verse 5

    In his 
    jacket 
    is the 
    revolver 

    The hand 
    is already 
    in 
    the pocket 

    for 
    warmth 

    Verse 6
    And fingers 
    slide 
    easily 
    around 
    wood grips 

    Slow 
    as 
    that 
    predator's footsteps 

    the gun 
    comes 
    out 

    Arm 
    straight
    ens, 

    sight 
    blade 
    bisecting 
    yellow 
    forehead 

    Wind, 
    blue 
    metal streetlight, 

    faint 
    twilight 
    shining 
    on 
    the corners 
    of stones 

    Verse 7

    Wave 
    on 
    wave 
    of 
    life 

    Like the 
    great 
    wide 
    ocean
    's roll 

    Haunting 
    hands 
    of 
    memory 

    Pluck 
    silver 
    strands 
    of 
    soul 

    The 
    damage 
    and the 
    dying 
    done 

    The 
    clarity 
    of light 

    Gentle 
    bows 
    and 
    glasses 
    raised 

    To 
    the charity 
    of 
    night 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 8
    Slow 
    revolution, 
    1985, crosswise 
    in 

    a hammock 
    in the hot 
    volcanic 
    hills 

    It's 
    3 A.M. 
    the night after 
    the 

    air raid 

    From the 
    ridge 
    she 
    watched 

    A37s, like 
    ugly 
    gulls 

    Make a dozen 
    swoop
    ing 
    passes 

    over 
    some 
    luckless 
    town 

    Maybe 
    ten 
    klicks beyond 

    the border 

    In the distance 
    the Pacific 

    glimmered 
    silver 

    Verse 9

    Now 
    lascivious 
    laughter 
    floats 
    on the darkness 

    from the 
    police post 
    next 
    door 

    Male 
    voices, 
    and a 
    wo
    man's 

    Little 
    clouds 
    of desire 
    painted 
    around the edges 

    with rum 

    In the muddy 
    street 
    a pig 
    suddenly 

    scream

    Interlude 2


    Wave 
    on 
    wave 
    Verse 10
    of 
    life 

    Like the 
    great 
    wide 
    ocean
    's 
    roll 

    Haunting 
    hands 
    of 
    memory 

    Pluck 
    silver 
    strands 
    of 
    soul 

    The 
    damage 
    and the 
    dying 
    done 

    The 
    clarity 
    of light 

    Gentle 
    bows 
    and 
    glasses 
    raised 

    To the 
    charity 
    of 
    night 

    Interlude 3


    Verse 11
    Pacific 
    glimmers 
    silver 

    Moon 
    full 
    over 
    shadow 
    mansion 

    West 
    coast, 

    can't 
    say when 

    There is incense 
    and the heat-driven 

    scent 
    scent 
    of flowers 

    Verse 12

    Tongue 
    slides 
    over 
    soft 
    skin 

    Love 
    pounds 
    in veins 
    brains 

    buzzing 
    balls 
    of lust 

    Fingers 
    twine 
    in 
    wet 
    hair 

    Limbs 
    twist 
    and 
    roll 

    Verse 13

    On the dresser 
    wax 
    drips 
    in slow 

    motion 
    down 
    the 
    long 
    side 
    of 

    A black 
    candle 

    Ecstatic 
    halo 
    of 
    flame 
    and 

    pheromone 

    Wave on 
    wave 
    Verse 14
    of 
    life 

    Like the 
    great 
    wide 
    ocean
    's 
    roll 

    Haunting 
    hands 
    of 
    memory 

    Pluck 
    silver 
    strands 
    of 
    soul 

    The 
    damage 
    and the 
    dying 
    done 

    The 
    clarity 
    of light 

    Gentle 
    bows 
    and 
    glasses 
    raised 

    To 
    the char
    ity 
    of 
    night 

    Outro 1


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