Then Came The Night

	  		 
INTRO:  D A D G 
 
 
D                     
Long legged shadows,  
A 
Mississippi sunset, 
D 
She was standing like a candle, 
G 
That hadn't been burned yet. 
D                     
The wind was blowing, 
A 
The clouds like ashes, 
D 
Had my hand in my pocket, 
G 
Reaching for my matches. 
 
 
D                               A 
I can see those cotton sheets dancing, 
D                               A 
On her momma's clothesline in my head, 
D                               A 
>From my lips a Lucky Strike was dangling, 
D                               A 
The day was dying in a sea of red. 
 
D                    A 
Then came the night, Warm and dark, 
G                     A 
Dragging it's chains, Across our hearts. 
D                  A 
The moon was full, The grass was wet 
G                 A 
Making us scream, Making us sweat 
D                 A 
Holding on tight, It was wrong, it was right 
D                       G 
Then came the night
 
 
 
D 
There was a time 
A 
When love was a flower 
D 
Now it's a vine 
G 
Clinbing up the tower 
D 
And the river just rolls 
A 
Past the garden 
D 
Where love won't grow 
G 
And the ground is hardened. 
D               A 
I can see that tattered white flag flying 
D               A 
I can hear the ringing mission bell 
D               A 
Telling of the innocence that's dying 
D               A 
A sound that I remember oh so well. 
 
 
CHORUS 
 
D                    A 
Then came the night, Warm and dark 
G                    A 
Dragging its chains, Across our hearts 
D                  A 
The moon was full, The grass was wet 
G                 A 
Making us scream, Making us sweat 
D                G 
Making us cling, Making us claw 
D               A 
Making us rise, Making us fall 
D                 A 
Breath on breath, Skin on skin 
G                A 
I can't go back, There again 
D                A 
Holdin on tight, It was wrong, it was right 
D                       G 
Then came the night. 
 
 
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