Tonalità: Ab major•
Verse 1
Ab
I went down to the place
Where I knew, she lay waiting
Eb
Under the marble and the snow
Verse 2
Ab
I said, "Mother I'm frightened
The thunder and the lightning
Eb
I'll never come through this alone"
Verse 3
Db
She said, “I'll be with you
My shawl wrapped around you
My hand on your head when you go”
Verse 4
Ab
Ebm
And the night came on, it was very calm
Cb
Gb
I wanted the night to go on and on
Db
But she said, “Go back,
Ab
go back to the world”
Verse 5
We were fighting in Egypt
When they signed this agreement
Eb
That nobody else had to die
Verse 6
Ab
There was this terrible sound
And my father went down
Eb
With a terrible wound in his side
Verse 7
Db
He said, “Try to go on
Take my books, take my gun
And remember, my son, how they lied”
Verse 8
Ab
And the night comes on
Eb
Ebm
and it's very calm
Cb
I'd like to pretend that my
Gb
father was wrong
Db
But you don't want to lie, not to the young
Ab
Verse 9
We were locked in this kitchen
I took to religion
Eb
And wondered how long she would stay
Verse 10
Ab
I needed so much
To have nothing to touch
Eb
I've always been greedy that way
Verse 11
Db
But my son and my daughter
Climbed out of the water
Cryin' papa, you promised to play
Verse 12
Ab
And they lead me away
Ebm
to the great surprise
Cb
It's papa, don't peek,
Gb
papa, cover your eyes
Db
Ab
And they hide, they hide in the World
Verse 13
Ab
Now I look for her always
I'm lost in this calling
Eb
I'm tied to the threads of some prayer
Verse 14
Ab
Saying, “When will she summon me?
When will she come to me?
Eb
What must I do to prepare?”
Verse 15
Db
Then she bends to my longing
Like a willow, like a fountain
She stands in the luminous air
Verse 16
Ab
And the night comes on
Ebm
and it's very calm
Cb
Gb
I lie in her arms and says,
“When I'm gone
Db
Ab
I'll be yours, yours for a song”
Verse 17
Now the crickets are singing
The vesper bells ringing
Eb
The cat's curled asleep in his chair
Verse 18
Ab
I'll go down to Bill's Bar
I can make it that far
Eb
And I'll see if my friends are still there
Verse 19
Db
And yes, here's to the few
Who forgive what you do
And the fewer who don't even care
Verse 20
Ab
And the night comes on and
Ebm
it's very calm
Cb
Gb
I want to cross over, I want to go home
Db
And she says, “Go back,
go back to the world”
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