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Intro: The first couplet's chords can be used as an intro. 1st Couplet Bm A/C# D Upon a darkened night G D/F# Em A D the flame of love was burning in my breast Bm A/C# D And by a lantern bright G D/D# Em A D I fled my house while all in quiet rest 2nd Couplet Bm G D/F# Shrouded by the night G D/F# Em A and by the secret stair I quickly fled Bm G A The veil concealed my eyes Bm G D/F# A D while all within lay quiet as the dead Bm A/C# D Oh night thou was my guide Bm G D/F# A Bm oh night more loving than the rising sun Bm G D/F# Oh night that joined the lover A to the beloved one Bm G D A D transforming each of them into the other Bm A/C# D Upon that misty night G D/F# Em A D In secrecy, beyond such mortal sight G A/C# D Without a guide or light G D/F# Em A D Than that which burned so deeply in my heart Bm G D/F# That fire t'was led me on G D/F# Em A And shone more bright than of the midday sun Bm G A To where he waited still Bm G D/F# A D It was a place where no one else could come Bm A/C# D Oh night thou was my guide Bm G D/F# A Bm oh night more loving than the rising sun Bm G D/F# Oh night that joined the lover A to the beloved one Bm G D/F# A D transforming each of them into the other G A/D# D Within my pounding heart G D/F# Em A D which kept itself entirely for him G A/C# D He fell into his sleep G D/F# Em A D beneath the cedars all my love I gave Bm G D/F# And by the fortress walls G D/F# Em A the wind would brush his hair against his brow Bm G A And with its smoothest hand Bm G D/F# A D caressed my every sense it would allow Bm A/C# D Oh night thou was my guide Bm G D/F# A Bm oh night more loving than the rising sun Bm G D/F# Oh night that joined the lover A to the beloved one Bm G D/F# A D transforming each of them into the other Bm A/C# D I lost myself to him G D/F# Em A D and laid my face upon my lovers breast Bm A/C# D And care and grief grew dim G D/F# Em A D as in the mornings mist became the light Bm G D/F# A D There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair Bm G D/F# A Bm There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair Bm G D/F# A D There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair.
Bm A/C# D Oh night thou was my guide Bm G D/F# A Bm oh night more loving than the rising sun Bm G D/F# Oh night that joined the lover A to the beloved one Bm G D A D transforming each of them into the other
Bm G D/F# That fire t'was led me on G D/F# Em A And shone more bright than of the midday sun Bm G A To where he waited still Bm G D/F# A D It was a place where no one else could come Bm A/C# D Oh night thou was my guide Bm G D/F# A Bm oh night more loving than the rising sun Bm G D/F# Oh night that joined the lover A to the beloved one Bm G D/F# A D transforming each of them into the other G A/D# D Within my pounding heart G D/F# Em A D which kept itself entirely for him G A/C# D He fell into his sleep G D/F# Em A D beneath the cedars all my love I gave Bm G D/F# And by the fortress walls G D/F# Em A the wind would brush his hair against his brow Bm G A And with its smoothest hand Bm G D/F# A D caressed my every sense it would allow Bm A/C# D Oh night thou was my guide Bm G D/F# A Bm oh night more loving than the rising sun Bm G D/F# Oh night that joined the lover A to the beloved one Bm G D/F# A D transforming each of them into the other Bm A/C# D I lost myself to him G D/F# Em A D and laid my face upon my lovers breast Bm A/C# D And care and grief grew dim G D/F# Em A D as in the mornings mist became the light Bm G D/F# A D There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair Bm G D/F# A Bm There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair Bm G D/F# A D There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair.
Bm A/C# D Oh night thou was my guide Bm G D/F# A Bm oh night more loving than the rising sun Bm G D/F# Oh night that joined the lover A to the beloved one Bm G D/F# A D transforming each of them into the other
Written by Loreena McKennitt
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