#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: 3/29/04; 11:54:25 PM >From: "Clinton Stowers" <drthvader01@msn.com> Subject: THEN CAME THE NIGHT, BY TRACE ADKINS THEN CAME THE NIGHT Trace Adkins Album: Comin' On Strong Submitted By: Clint Stowers 29 Marck, 2004 This is how I play this great song. This is my first contribution. Let me know about any changes you may think is necessary. Trace's website describes it as "Trace at his best-Barry White with a roadhouse accent." INTRO: D A D G D Long legged shadows, A Mississippi sunset, D She was standing like a candle, G That hadn't been burned yet. D The wind was blowing, A The clouds like ashes, D Had my hand in my pocket, G Reaching for my matches. D A I can see those cotton sheets dancing, D A On her momma's clothesline in my head, D A From my lips a Lucky Strike was dangling, D A The day was dying in a sea of red. CHORUS D A Then came the night, Warm and dark, G A Dragging it's chains, Across our hearts. D A The moon was full, The grass was wet G A Making us scream, Making us sweat D A Holding on tight, It was wrong, it was right D G Then came the night D There was a time A When love was a flower D Now it's a vine G Clinbing up the tower D And the river just rolls A Past the garden D Where love won't grow G And the ground is hardened. D A I can see that tattered white flag flying D A I can hear the ringing mission bell D A Telling of the innocence that's dying D A A sound that I remember oh so well. CHORUS D A Then came the night, Warm and dark G A Dragging its chains, Across our hearts D A The moon was full, The grass was wet G A Making us scream, Making us sweat D G Making us cling, Making us claw D A Making us rise, Making us fall D A Breath on breath, Skin on skin G A I can't go back, There again D A Holdin on tight, It was wrong, it was right D G Then came the night. SPOKEN WITH D A D G: I REMEMBER THAT SUMMER. I WAS WORKING FOR HER DADDY. I WAS STILL A BOY, BUT I KNEW I WAS READY. SHE REACHED OUT, TOOK MY HAND, SHE BACAME A WOMAN, I BECAME A MAN. I WONDER IF SHE STILL THINKS ABOUT ME. THE WAY I STILL THINK ABOUT HER. YOU DON'T FORGET SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE'S ONLY ONE FIRST TIME.