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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2089009,"song":"The Night Comes On","artist":"Judy Collins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2089009-the-night-comes-on-chords-by-judy-collins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2089009?type=chord","rating":0.00613,"votes":0,"content":"Judy Collins - The Night Comes On\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 1st Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI went down to the place where I knew she lay waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnder the marble and the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Mother I'm frightened the thunder and the lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll never come through this alone\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe, \"Said I'll be with you my shawl wrapped around you[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy hand on your head when you go\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the night came on it was very calm[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wanted the night to go on and on[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she said, \"Go back, go back to the world\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were fighting in Egypt when they signed this agreement[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat nobody else had to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was this terrible sound and my father went down[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a terrible wound in his side[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Try to go on, take my books take my gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd remember my son how they lied\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the night comes on and it's very calm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'd like to pretend that my father was wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you don't want to lie, not to the young[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were locked in this kitchen, I took to religion[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd wondered how long she would stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI needed so much to have nothing to touch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've always been greedy that way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut my son and my daughter climbed out of the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCrying, \"Papa you promised to play\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they lead me away to the great surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's, \"Papa don't peek, Papa cover your eyes\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they hide, they hide in the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I look for her always, I'm lost in this calling[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm tied to the threads of some prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"When will she summon me, when will she come to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat must I do to prepare?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen she bends to my longing like a willow like a fountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe stands in the luminous air[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the night comes on it's very calm[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI lie in her arms, she says, \"When I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be yours, yours for a song\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the crickets are singing, the vesper bells ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat's curled asleep in his chair[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll go down to Bill's Bar, I can make it that far[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll see if my friends are still there[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYes, and here's to the few who forgive what you do[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the fewer who don't even care[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the night comes on, it's very calm[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI want to cross over I want to go home[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she says, \"Go back, go back to the world\"[/tab]","plain_text":"Judy Collins - The Night Comes On\n\n\nCAPO: 1st Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["G","C","D","F","Dm","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}