Tune full step down
[Intro]
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D [x2]
[Intro Verse]
D Dsus4
I went down to the place
D Dsus2
Where my mother lay waiting
D Dsus4 A
Under the marble and the snow
D Dsus4
I said: "Mother I'm frightened
D Dsus2
The thunder, the lightning
D Dsus4 A
I'll never come through this alone"
G Gsus4
She said: "I'll be with you
G Gsus4
My shawl wrapped around you
G Gsus4 G
My hand on your head when you go"
D
And the night comes on
Am
And it's very calm
F C
I want that night to go on and on
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
But she said: "Go back, back to the world"
[Verse 2]
D Dsus4
We were fighting in Egypt
D Dsus2
When they signed this agreement
D Dsus4 A
Nobody else had to die
D Dsus4
There was this terrible sound
D Dsus2
And my father went down
D Dsus4 A
With a terrible wound in his side
G Gsus4
He said: "Try to go on
G Gsus4
Take my books, take my gun and
G Gsus4 G
Remember, my son, how they lied"
D
And the night comes on
Am
And it's very calm
F C
I'd like to pretend that my father was wrong
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
But you don't wanna lie, not to the young
[Verse 3]
D Dsus4
We were locked in this kitchen
D Dsus2
I took to religion
D Dsus4 A
And I wondered how long she would stay
D Dsus4
I needed so much
D Dsus2
To have nothing to touch
D Dsus4 A
I've always been greedy that way
G Gsus4
But my son, my daughter
G Gsus4
Climbed out of the water
G Gsus4 G
Crying: "papa, you promised to play!"
D
And they lead me away
Am
To the great surprise
F C
It's papa, don't peek, papa, cover your eyes
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
And they hide, hide in the world
[Verse 4]
D Dsus4
Now I look for her always
D Dsus2
I'm lost in this calling
D Dsus4 A
I'm tied to the threads of a prayer
D Dsus4
Saying: "when will she summon me
D Dsus2
When will she come to me
D Dsus4 A
What must I do to prepare
G Gsus4
When she bends to my longing
G Gsus4
Like a willow, like a fountain
G Gsus4 G
She stands in the luminous air"
D
And the night comes on
Am
And it's very calm
F C
I lie in her arms she says: "When I'm gone
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
I'll be yours, yours for a song"
[Verse 5]
D Dsus4
Now the crickets are singing
D Dsus2
The vesper bells ringing
D Dsus4 A
Cats curled asleep in chairs
D Dsus4
I'll go down to Bill's bar
D Dsus2
Or I can make it that far
D Dsus4 A
And I'll see if my friends are still there
G Gsus4
And here's to the few
G Gsus4
Who forgive what you do
G Gsus4 G
And the fewer who don't even care
D
And the night comes on
Am
And it's very calm
F C
I want to cross over, I want to go home
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
But she says, go back, go back to the world
[Instrumental]
[Outro Verse]
D Dsus4
I went down to the place
D Dsus2
Where my mother lay waiting
D Dsus4 A
Under the marble and the snow
D Dsus4
I said: "Mother I'm frightened
D Dsus2
The thunder, the lightning
D Dsus4 A
I'll never come through this alone"
G Gsus4
She said: "I'll be with you
G Gsus4
My shawl wrapped around you
G Gsus4 G
My hand on your head when you go"
D
And the night comes on
Am
And it's very calm
F C
I want to cross over, I want to go home
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
But she said: "Go back, back to the world"
