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