{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":64985,"song":"Night Comes On","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64985-night-comes-on-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64985?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":50,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n                        Night Comes On    (Leonard Cohen)\r\n[3/4 time]\r\n\r\n     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  /   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  /\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     I went down to the place where I knew she lay waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     Under the marble and the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     I said Mother I'm frightened the thunder and the lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     I'll never come through this alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     She said I'll be with you my shawl wrapped around you[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     My hand on your head when you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     And the night came on it was very calm, I wanted the night to go on and on[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  /\r\n     But she said go back, go back to the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     We were fighting in Egypt when they signed this agreement[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     That nobody else had to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     There was this terrible sound and my father went down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     With a terrible wound in his side[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     He said try to go on take my books take my gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Remember my son how they lied[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n     And the night comes on it's very calm[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     I'd like to pretend that my father was wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  /\r\n     But you don't want to lie, not to the young[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     We were locked in this kitchen I took to religion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     And I wondered how long she would stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     I needed so much to have nothing to touch, I've always been greedy that way[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     But my son and my daughter climbed out of the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Crying Papa you promised to play[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n     And they lead me away to the great surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     It's Papa don't peek, Papa cover your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  /\r\n     And they hide, they hide in the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Now I look for her always I'm lost in this calling[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     I'm tied to the threads of some prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Saying when will she summon me when will she come to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     What must I do to prepare[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     When she bends to my longing like a willow like a fountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     She stands in the luminous air[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n     And the night comes on it's very calm[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     I lie in her arms, she says when I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  /\r\n     I'll be yours, yours for a song[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Now the crickets are singing, the vesper bells ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     The cat's curled asleep in his chair[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     I'll go down to Bill's Bar, I can make it that far[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n     And I'll see if my friends are still there[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     Yes and here's to the few who forgive what you do[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     And the fewer who don't even care[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n     And the night comes on, it's very calm[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     I want to cross over I want to go home[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  /\r\n     But she says go back, go back to the world[/tab]\r\n     G  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  D  G  D  /  D  G  D\r\n\r\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Put your problems out with the cat -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\r\n\r\nWritten by:         Mick Anderson     micka@jolt.mpx.com.au\r\n\r\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Must be lamb today cause beef was last week =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n                        Night Comes On    (Leonard Cohen)\n[3/4 time]\n\n     D  G  D  /   D  G  D  /\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n     G  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  D  G  D  /  D  G  D\n\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Put your problems out with the cat -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\n\nWritten by:         Mick Anderson     micka@jolt.mpx.com.au\n\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Must be lamb today cause beef was last week =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-","chords":["D","G","A","C","Am","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"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]}}}