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