[Intro] Em  D  G
        C  G/B  Am  D  G
        Em  D  G
        C  G/B  Am  D  G

Em     D        G
Upon a darkened night
    C        G/B      Am      D     G
The flame of love was burning in my breast
Em       D       G
And by a lantern bright
  C       G/B         Am     D     G
I fled my house while all in quiet rest

Em       C      G/B
Shrouded by the night
    C      G/B    Am              D
And by the secret stair I quickly fled
    Em      C         D
The veil concealed my eyes
      Em      C      G/B   D      G
While all within lay quiet as the dead

   Em         D      G
Oh night thou was my guide
   Em         C      G/B      D      Em
Oh night more loving than the rising sun
   C                     G/B
Oh night that joined the lover
         D
To the beloved one
     Em      C       G/B    D      G
Transforming each of them into the other

 Em       D     G
Upon that misty night
   C    G/B   Am        D      G
In secrecy, beyond such mortal sight
    Em    D        G
Without a guide or light
     C          G/B       Am      D    G
Than that which burned so deeply in my heart

     Em          C     G/B
That fire t'was led me on
    C          G/B         Am            D
And shone more bright than of the midday sun
   Em       C      D
To where he waited still
   Em    C           G/B    D          G
It was a place where no one else could come

   Em         D      G
Oh night thou was my guide
   Em         C      G/B      D      Em
Oh night more loving than the rising sun
   C                     G
Oh night that joined the lover
         D
To the beloved one
     Em      C       G/B    D      G
Transforming each of them into the other

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   Em     D        G
Within my pounding heart
      C      G/B    Am  D      G
Which kept itself entirely for him
    Em    D       G
He fell into his sleep
  C         G/B    Am     D      G
Beneath the cedars all my love I gave

    Em      C       G
And by the fortress walls
    C          G/B       Am               D
The wind would brush his hair against his brow
    Em       C         D
And with its smoothest hand
  Em        C     G/B      D       G
Caressed my every sense it would allow

   Em         D      G
Oh night thou was my guide
   Em         C      G/B      D      Em
Oh night more loving than the rising sun
   C                     G/B
Oh night that joined the lover
         D
To the beloved one
     Em      C       G/B    D      G
Transforming each of them into the other

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  Em     D       G
I lost myself to him
    C       G/B   Am     D      G
And laid my face upon my lovers breast
    Em       D          G
And care and grief grew dim
   C      G/B      Am     D        G
As in the mornings mist became the light

Em         C       G/B        D      G
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair
Em         C       G/B        D      Em
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair
Em         C       G/B        D      G
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair