Here Comes The Night

Written by Richards/Augie March Transcribed by Tim Byron This is an attempt at a transcription of the track "Here Comes The Night" from Sunset Studies. It's 6/8, in the key of , and actually uses standard tuning for once. {this is the intro:} e------------------------------------------------- b---1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0--- g-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0- d-------0-----2-----3-----5-----3-----2-----0----- a-3----------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------- b---1-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---- g-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-- d-3-----5-----3-----0-----3-----2-----0-----2------ a-------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- b---1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0--- g-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0- d-------0-----2-----3-----5-----7-----9-----10---- a-3----------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------- b---1-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---- g-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-- d-3-----5-----3-----0-----3-----2-----0-----2------ a-------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------- {now for the verse:} Here comes the night Roll on, you careless evening When we unite Not a voice concurs Not heaven or hell So let it come, let it rain Let it burn through you and me again In the slums without a name And it isn't only poverty to... {this guitar part is now played}: e------------------------------------------------- b---1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0--- g-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0- d-------0-----2-----3-----5-----7-----9-----10---- a-3----------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- blame. e-------------------------------------------------- b---1-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---- g-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-- d-3-----5-----3-----0-----3-----2-----0-----2------ a-------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------- Here comes your man Rolling down the street, your callous fiend He puts it in your hand And all the world is but a whistle and a milkshake, oh how can you breathe? Little blue, you have hooks, you have holes In your absentium, and in lieu Of all the things that have been promised you, but {Now glenn sings over the guitar arpeggio that was in the intro:} e------------------------------------------------- b---1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0--- g-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0- d-------0-----2-----3-----5-----3-----2-----0----- a-3----------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- Oh, how sweet, how in- comp- lete you e-------------------------------------------------- b---1-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---- g-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-- d-3-----5-----3-----0-----3-----2-----0-----2------ a-------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------- Are, In your eyes, a e------------------------------------------------- b---1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0--- g-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0- d-------0-----2-----3-----5-----3-----2-----0----- a-3----------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- smile so sweet, a sil- ly sol- diers e-------------------------------------------------- b---1-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---- g-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-- d-3-----5-----3-----0-----3-----2-----0-----2------ a-------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------- scar, splits your face from Ear to ear You pretend that you simply cannot hear The bells and the bombs Going off in the gallery Here comes the night, the night Roll on, you careless evening When we unite Not a voice concurs Not heaven or hell So let it come, let it rain Let it burn through you and me again In the slums without a name And it isn't only poverty to blame {the guitar in this section is distorted}: e------------------------------------------------- b-1-----1----1------1-----0-----0-----0-----0----- g-0-----0----0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----- d-2-----0----2------3-----5-----3-----2-----0----- a-3-----3----3------3----------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- Oh, how sweet, how in- comp- lete we e-------------------------------------------------- b-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-----1-----1-----1------ g-2-2-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-4-4-4-0-----0-----0-----0------ d-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-----2-----0-----2------ a-------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------- Are, In their eyes, am e------------------------------------------------- b-1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0----- g-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----- d-2-----0-----2-----3-----5-----3-----2-----0----- a-3-----3-----3-----3----------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- I from dust you from my bones im- e-------------------------------------------------- b-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-----1-----1-----1------ g-2-2-2-4-4-4-2-2-2-4-4-4-0-----0-----0-----0------ d-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-----2-----0-----2------ a-------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------- parted, the aban- don- ment, you Mother nature's rough replacement How will you whisper again and again? Oh, too late in all Here comes the night, The night, good night Roll on, you night, Here comes the night, The night you never die.