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[3/4 time]
RE SOL RE / RE SOL RE /
RE SOL RE
I went down to the place where I knew she lay waiting
SOL LA
Under the marble and the snow
RE SOL RE
I said Mother I'm frightened the thunder and the lightning
SOL LA
I'll never come through this alone
SOL DO SOL DO
She said I'll be with you my shawl wrapped around you
SOL DO SOL
My hand on your head when you go
RE LAm FA DO
And the night came on it was very calm, I wanted the night to go on and on
SOL RE SOL RE /
But she said go back, go back to the world
RE SOL RE
We were fighting in Egypt when they signed this agreement
SOL LA
That nobody else had to die
RE SOL RE
There was this terrible sound and my father went down
SOL LA
With a terrible wound in his side
SOL DO SOL DO
He said try to go on take my books take my gun
SOL DO SOL
Remember my son how they lied
RE LAm
And the night comes on it's very calm
FA DO
I'd like to pretend that my father was wrong
SOL RE SOL RE /
But you don't want to lie, not to the young
RE SOL RE
We were locked in this kitchen I took to religion
SOL LA
And I wondered how long she would stay
RE SOL RE SOL LA
I needed so much to have nothing to touch, I've always been greedy that way
SOL DO SOL DO
But my son and my daughter climbed out of the water
SOL DO SOL
Crying Papa you promised to play
RE LAm
And they lead me away to the great surprise
FA DO
It's Papa don't peek, Papa cover your eyes
SOL RE SOL RE /
And they hide, they hide in the world
RE SOL RE
Now I look for her always I'm lost in this calling
SOL LA
I'm tied to the threads of some prayer
RE SOL RE
Saying when will she summon me when will she come to me
SOL LA
What must I do to prepare
SOL DO SOL DO
When she bends to my longing like a willow like a fountain
SOL DO SOL
She stands in the luminous air
RE LAm
And the night comes on it's very calm
FA DO
I lie in her arms, she says when I'm gone
SOL RE SOL RE /
I'll be yours, yours for a song
RE SOL RE
Now the crickets are singing, the vesper bells ringing
SOL LA
The cat's curled asleep in his chair
RE SOL RE
I'll go down to Bill's Bar, I can make it that far
SOL LA
And I'll see if my friends are still there
SOL DO SOL DO
Yes and here's to the few who forgive what you do
SOL DO SOL
And the fewer who don't even care
RE LAm
And the night comes on, it's very calm
FA DO
I want to cross over I want to go home
SOL RE SOL RE /
But she says go back, go back to the world
SOL / / / / / / / RE SOL RE / RE SOL RE
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