The Night Comes Down - Queen

The Night Comes Down

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Intro:
Parte 1:(0:02)
Parte 2:(0:58) Am Em D C# A Dm7+ / / / / / / /
 
Verso 1:
Dm7+ D7 G D G C D
When I was young it came to me, and I could see the sun breaking
Dm7+ D7 G Bm Am D C#7 A7
Lucy was high, and so was I, dazzling, holding the world inside
Dm7+ D7 G Gm D
Once I believed in everyone, everyone and anyone can see
 
Refrão:
G A D G D Bm F#m G F#m D7
Oh the night comes down, and I get afraid, of losing my way
G A D G D F#m,G,F#m,Em7 A7
Oh the night comes down, Oh and it's dark again
 
(Dm7+)
 
Verso 2:
Dm7+ D7 G D G C D
Once I could laugh with everyone, once I could see the good in me
Dm7+ D7 G Bm Am D
The black and the white distinctively, coloring, holding the
C#7 A7
world inside
Dm7+ D7 G Gm D
Now all the world is grey to me, nobody can see
(you gotta believe it)
 
Refrão:
 
Em7 A7
and it's dark again
Em7 A7 Em
and it's dark again
 
 
Tablatura:
(0:02)
|---|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-|-------------------10-9-7----7------------------------10-9-7----7--------|
|-7-|---7-9-10-7-9----7--------10---9-10-7---7-9-10-7----7--------10---9-10-7-|
|-0-|-0------------10----------------------0----------10----------------------|
 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------9----9-11-9-11-12-11-12|
|-----------------7------7-9----7-9-10-7-9-10-12-10-12---12-------------------|
|---7-9-10-7-9-10---9-10-----10-----------------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------12-------------------------------------------------|
|-14-12-14----14-12-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------14p12---12-14-14p12-----------------------|
|------------------------14------------14-12-10-12p10---10-12-|
|----------------------------------------------------12-------|
 
|----------|--------------|----|------------------------0---|
|----------|--------------|----|------------------------0---|
|----------|--------------|-0/-|------------------------0---|
|----------|--------------|-/0-|------------------------2---|
|-10-------|-10b-12----10-|----|-10b-12-7-5-------------2---|
|----12-12-|--------12----| 5X |------------7-6-5-3-0---0---|
-3-
|----0---0-----0---0-------0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-0--------0------0-|
|------7---7-----7-----8-7---8-7---|-----7-----7-----7---8-7---8---7---|
|-7----------7---------------------|-7-----7-----7-----------7---------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
|------0--------0--------0---0---0---|-----0-------0-------0-----0-----|
|----7---8----7---8----7---8---7---8-|---8---8---7---8---7---8-----8-7-|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10---------------|-9-------9-------9-------9-------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
|------0--------0--------0---------0---|-0------------------------7-7---|
|----7---8----7---8----7---8-----7---8-|-7------------------------7-7---|
|--------------------------------------|-9------------------------7-7---|
|-10-------10-------10--------10-------|-10-----------------------9-9---|
|--------------------------------------|-0------------------------9-9---|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------7-7---|
 
(0:56)
|left guitar
|-------------------------------|
|-5-------5--------7--6----5----|
|-------------7-----------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|right guitar
|--------------------------------9----------------|
|-(12)b14-------14r12--10----12-----12b14--rb14---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|middle guitar
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-7-------5---4----7--6----7----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|acoustic guitar
| Am D C# |---------------------|riff 1
| |-x-2---x-3----5---5--|
| |-x-2---x-2----6---6--|
| |-x-2---x(4)---5---5--|
| |---------------------|
| |---------------------|
 
(1:06)
acoustic guitar When I was..
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---2---2--|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3--|
|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---5---5---4---4---2---2--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
|-3---3---0---0-0-0---3-3-----2---2h3---3---3/5-5---7---7---|
|-3---3---1---1-1-1---0-0-----3---------2---3-7-7---8---8p7-|
|-0---0---0---0-0-0---0-0-2---2---2h4-------4/6-6---7---7---|
|-0---0---0h2-2-2-2---0-0-0---------------------------------|
|-2---2---3---3-3-3-----------------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3-3-3-----------------------------------------|
 
|-5---5---5---5---3---3--|
|-7---7---7---7---3---3--|
|-6---6---5---5---4---4--|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
 
riff 1
 
|-5---5---5---5---3---3---0---0--|
|-7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3--|
|-6---6---5---5---4---4---3---3--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
 
D Dmaj7 D7 G
 
G A D G D (C# B) fill 1
F#m G D Dmaj7 D7
G A D G D (C# B) fill 2
F# G F# Em
 
fill 1:
|left guitar
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-7--------------------|
|-----9---\4----5---5..|
|----------------------|
|right guitar
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-fade in--16r14-12--\7----9---9---7---7---7--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|middle guitar
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-fade in 10-9-7---\2..|
 
fill 2:
|left guitar
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|fade in-12--\9---\4-----5---4---2--|
|-----------------------------------|
|right guitar
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-16r14-12-\7---9--7--5--|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|middle guitar
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-10--\7--\2-----3--2--0--|
 
(2:21)
acoustic guitar
|-5---5---5---5---3---3---2---2--|
|-7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3--|
|-6---6---5---5---4---4---2---2--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
 
G C
 
|--------------------------------|riff 2
|---------3---3------------------|
|-2---2h4-2---0------------------|
|-----------------4-2-0---0-2-0--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
 
|-5---5---5---5---3---3--|
|-7---7---7---7---3---3--|
|-6---6---5---5---4---4--|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
 
Bm Am D C#
 
|-----------------------------|
|-x-/7---x-3---2h3-2---2---4--|
|-x------x--------------------|
|-x-/7---x-4---2h4-2---2---3--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
 
|-5---5---5---5---3---3---0---0--|
|-7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3--|
|-6---6---5---5---4---4---3---3--|
|-----------------------------3--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
 
riff 2
 
(3:04)
G A D G D (C# B) fill 3
F#m G D Dmaj7 D7
G A D G D (C# B) fill 4
A Bm A G ? G ?
D (x x 9 7 x 10)
 
fill 3:
|left guitar
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-5---9--\4---5---5..|
|--------------------|
|right guitar
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-fade in-16r14-12--\7-----9---9---7---7..|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|middle guitar
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-6-6-8---8------10-8\5---5---6---6..|
|------------10----------------------|
|------------------------------------|
 
fill 4:
|left guitar
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7--------------------------|
|-----9---\4-----5---4---2---|
|----------------------------|
|right guitar
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-16r14-12--\7-----9---7---5--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
 
(3:38)
acoustic guitar
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------10-9-7----7--------------------------10-9-7----7-------|
..7-7-7-9-10-7-9----7--------10---9-10-7---7-9-10-7-9----7--------10---9-10-7-|
|----------------10----------------------0------------10----------------------|
 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------10-9-7----7------------------------7------7-9----7-9-10-|
|---7-9-10-7-9----7--------10---9-10-7---7-9-10-7-9-10---9-10-----10--------|
|-0------------10----------------------0------------------------------------|
 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-9-10-12-9-10-12-10-12-9-10-9-9-10-12-9-12-/14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11h12h14p11h12p11-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------14-h14p12--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------14-12-10---12p10---10----7p5--5-------------|
|-------------------------------------------12----12----7---7-7-5-3-0---|
 
|---0-----0-------0-------------0-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
|-----7-----7---7-----8-7---8-7---|-----7-----7-----7---8-7---8-7---|
|-7-----7-----7-----------7-------|-7-----7-----7-------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
|-------------0--------0--------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|
|----8-7-8------8-7------8-7------8-7-|-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-----8-7-|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10-------10-------|-9-------9-------9-------9-------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
|----------0------0----0-----|
|------------8---------------|
|----------------------------|
|----...10-----10---10---10..|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
 
(4:22)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--2^^---------|
|--0^^--2^^~~--|
|-------0^^~~--|
 
----------------- Acordes -----------------
A = X 0 2 2 2 0
A7 = X 0 2 0 2 0
Am = X 0 2 2 1 0
Bm = X 2 4 4 3 2
C = X 3 2 0 1 0
C# = X 4 6 6 6 4
C#7 = X 4 3 4 2 X
D = X X 0 2 3 2
D7 = X X 0 2 1 2
Dm7+ = X X 0 2 2 1
Dmaj7 = X X 0 2 2 2
Em = 0 2 2 0 0 0
Em7 = 0 2 2 0 3 0
F# = 2 4 4 3 2 2
F#m = 2 4 4 2 2 2
G = 3 2 0 0 0 3
Gm = 3 5 5 3 3 3

How to play The Night Comes Down

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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