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