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