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.


CHORUS
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