Chords for Leonard Cohen - Night Comes On (live 1985)

I'd like to sing a new song.
_ It's called The Night Comes On.
I don't know if you've heard it yet.
_ I don't know if you _ if you can get my [C] records or hear [D] my songs.
I hope you can.
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I'm very touched
by the attention _ [D] [C#] you've paid to my [G] music [C#] over [C] all these years.
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[C#] I've grown older every day,
but [C] you've kept [C#] my songs [G] young.
I [B] thank you for that.
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_ _ _ _ I've never [G] come [D] through [A] this alone.
_ _ _ [G] She said I'll be with you.
My shawl wrapped around you.
My hand on your [C] head [G] when you go.
_ _ _ And [D] the night comes on and [Am] it's very calm. _ _
[F] I wanted that night _ to go [C] on and on.
[G] But she said go back, _ _ go back to [D] the world. _ _ _
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We were fighting in [G] Egypt _
[D] when they signed this agreement _ that nobody else had to [A] die. _
There [D] was this terrible [G] sound.
[D] _ My father went down _ with a terrible [G]
[D] wound in [A] his side. _
He [G] said try to go on.
Take my books, take my gun.
_ Remember my son, how they lie. _ _
And [D] the night comes on and [Am] it's very calm. _
_ [F] I like to pretend that [C] my father was wrong.
[G] But you don't want to lie.
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Not to [D] the young. _ _
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_ We were locked in this [G]
kitchen.
[D] I took to religion. _
_ _ And I wondered [G] how long [A] she would stay.
_ [D] I needed so [G]
much [D] to have nothing to touch.
_ I've [G] always been greedy [A] that way. _
_ [G] My son and my daughter _ climbed out of the water, _ crying, Papa, you promised to play. _ _
_ [D] And the night comes on, [Am] it's very calm. _
_ _ [F] _ _ They _ [C] feel the fear and [G] they hide. _
_ _ _ _ They hide in [D] the world. _
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_ Now I look for her [G]
always.
[D] _ I'm lost in this calling.
_ I'm [G] tied to [D] the roots [A] of so many. _
_ [B] _ [D] Saying when will she [G]
summon [D] me?
When will she come to me?
What must [G]
I do [A] to prepare? _ _
_ [G] When she bends to my longing like a willow, like a fountain, she stands [C] in the loom [G] and you say. _
_ [D] And the night comes on, [Am] it's very calm.
_ [F] I lie around.
_ [C] She says when I'm gone [G] I'll be _ yours. _ _ _ _
Yours for [D] a song. _ _
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_ How the crickets are [G] singing.
[D] _ The vesper bells ring.
_ The cat's [G] curled [D] asleep in [A] his chair. _ _
[D] I'll go down [G] to Bill's [D] bar.
I can make it that far.
_ I'll see if [G] my friends [A] are still there. _ _
[G] And here's to the few who forgive what you do.
And the few of [C] who just [G] don't even care. _
[D] And the night comes on, [Am] it's very calm. _
[F] I want to cross over.
I [C] want to go home.
But [G] she says go back.
_ _ Go back to [D] the world. _ _ _
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