The Night Comes DownThe Night Comes Down Words and music by Brian May Submitted by: Ted Hermary (czth@musica.mcgill.ca) The real intro is some wild stuff around an Em that is well beyond my abilities. After enough Em improv it crashes into a B7 (I think). Then the intro below. Most of the verse material is light chops down (/). Chords: C# = xx4121, C#7 = x4342x, Dmaj7 = xx0222 Intro: Am Em D C# A Dmaj7 / / / / / / / Dmaj7 D7 G D G C D When I was young it came to me, and I could see the sun breaking Dmaj7 D7 G Bm Am D C#7 A7 Lucy was high, and so was I, dazzling, holding the world inside Dmaj D7 G Gm D Once I believed in everyone, everyone and anyone can see [Chorus:] G A D G D Bm F#m G F#m D7 Oh the night comes down, and I get afraid, of losing my way G A D G D F#m,G,F#m,Em7 A7 Oh the night comes down, Oh and it's dark again Dmaj7 Once I could laugh with everyone, once I could see the good in me The black and the white distinctively, coloring, holding the world inside Now all the world is grey to me, nobody can see (you gotta believe it) [Chorus, ending:] Em7 A7 and it's dark again Em7 A7 Em (more ad-libbing, and it's dark again