Intro: The first couplet's chords can be used as an intro.
1st Couplet
[Bm]Upon a [A]darkened [Bm]night
the[G] flame of[D] love was[G] burning in my br[A]east
[Bm]And by a [A]lantern [Bm]bright
I [G]fled my[D] house while [G]all in [A]quiet r[D]est
2nd Couplet
[Bm]Shrouded [G]by the [D]night
[G]and by the [D]secret s[G]tair I [D]quickly f[A]led
[Bm]The veil conc[G]ealed my [D]eyes
[Bm]while all wit[G]hin l[D]ay quiet[A] as the [D]dead
Chorus
[Bm]Oh night thou[A] was my [Bm]guide
[Bm]oh night more [G]loving [D]than the r[A]ising [Bm]sun
[Bm]Oh night that [G]joined the [D]lover
to the bel[D]oved one
[Bm]transforming [G]each of [D]them in[A]to the [D]other
Upon that misty night
in secrecy, beyond such mortal sight
Without a guide or light
than that which burned so deeply in my heart
That fire t'was led me on
and shone more bright than of the midday sun
To where he waited still
it was a place where no one else could come
Chorus
Within my pounding heart
which kept itself entirely for him
He fell into his sleep
beneath the cedars all my love I gave
And by the fortress walls
the wind would brush his hair against his brow
And with its smoothest hand
caressed my every sense it would allow
Chorus
I[Bm] lost m[A]yself to [Bm]him
and l[G]aid my f[D]ace up[G]on my lovers br[A]east
A[Bm]nd care and gr[A]ief grew [Bm]dim
as[G] in the m[D]ornings m[G]ist bec[A]ame the l[D]ight
[Bm]There they di[G]mmed amo[D]ngst the l[A]ilies f[Bm]air
[Bm]There they d[G]immed am[D]ongst the l[A]ilies fa[Bm]ir
[Bm]There they d[G]immed am[D]ongst the l[A]ilies f[D]air.
1st Couplet
[Bm]Upon a [A]darkened [Bm]night
the[G] flame of[D] love was[G] burning in my br[A]east
[Bm]And by a [A]lantern [Bm]bright
I [G]fled my[D] house while [G]all in [A]quiet r[D]est
2nd Couplet
[Bm]Shrouded [G]by the [D]night
[G]and by the [D]secret s[G]tair I [D]quickly f[A]led
[Bm]The veil conc[G]ealed my [D]eyes
[Bm]while all wit[G]hin l[D]ay quiet[A] as the [D]dead
Chorus
[Bm]Oh night thou[A] was my [Bm]guide
[Bm]oh night more [G]loving [D]than the r[A]ising [Bm]sun
[Bm]Oh night that [G]joined the [D]lover
to the bel[D]oved one
[Bm]transforming [G]each of [D]them in[A]to the [D]other
Upon that misty night
in secrecy, beyond such mortal sight
Without a guide or light
than that which burned so deeply in my heart
That fire t'was led me on
and shone more bright than of the midday sun
To where he waited still
it was a place where no one else could come
Chorus
Within my pounding heart
which kept itself entirely for him
He fell into his sleep
beneath the cedars all my love I gave
And by the fortress walls
the wind would brush his hair against his brow
And with its smoothest hand
caressed my every sense it would allow
Chorus
I[Bm] lost m[A]yself to [Bm]him
and l[G]aid my f[D]ace up[G]on my lovers br[A]east
A[Bm]nd care and gr[A]ief grew [Bm]dim
as[G] in the m[D]ornings m[G]ist bec[A]ame the l[D]ight
[Bm]There they di[G]mmed amo[D]ngst the l[A]ilies f[Bm]air
[Bm]There they d[G]immed am[D]ongst the l[A]ilies fa[Bm]ir
[Bm]There they d[G]immed am[D]ongst the l[A]ilies f[D]air.
