Leonard Cohen

Accords et partitions

A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes

A E Bm E7 D F#m

A bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes Were smoking out along the open road The night was very dark and thick between them Each man beneath his ordinary load

A Singer Must Die

Bb Asus2 G Cmaj7 F Dsus2

Now the courtroom is quiet, but who will confess? Is it true you betrayed us? The answer is "yes" Then read me the list of the crimes that are mine I will ask for the mercy that you love to decline And all the ladies go moist, and the judge has no choice

A Street

D#m F# G#m C# A#7 A#m

It wasn't all that easy When you up and walked away But I'll save that little story For another rainy day I know the burden's heavy

A Thousand Kisses Deep

Fm C Db Bbm Eb

[Verse 1] The ponies run, the girls are young, The odds are there to beat You win a while and then it's done, Your little winning streak

A Veterans Hallelujah

C F G Am E

You packed your bags and shut the door, You crossed the sea to fight a war, You didn't know just what would happen to ya. Stepped in the dirt boots on the ground, And gunfire is the only sound,

Aint No Cure For Love

G C D Em A B7

[Verse] I've loved you for a long, long time I know this love is real It don't matter how it all went wrong That don't change the way I feel

Alexandra Leaving

C F Bb Dm Am/E Gm7

Suddenly the night has grown colder. The god of love preparing to depart. Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder They slip between the sentries of the heart.

Alléluia

F Dm C Bb D G

Pourquoi rêver d'un paradis C'est maintenant et c'est ici Qu'il faut unir nos espoirs et nos joies On dit "demain" on dit "plus tard » Mais si demain c'était trop tard

Almost Like the Blues

Dm Gm Am

Pas de barré*

I have to die a little between each murderous thought And when I'm finished thinking I have to die a lot There's torture, and there's killing and there's all my bad reviews The war, the children missing, Lord, it's almost like the blues

Always

F Dm7 Fm6/C C Gm A

Oh friends... don't matter if you're a man or a woman If you're in love with somebody, these are the words that you gotta learn to say Now listen carefully Here it comes...

Amen

C#m F#m A E B Ab7

Tell me again when I'm clean and I'm sober Tell me again when I've seen through the horror Tell me again tell me over and over Tell me you want me then Amen

Anthem

G F C Bb Am G4

At the break of day Start again I heard them say Don't dwell on what Has passed away

Anyhow

Bb7 Eb7 Gm D7 C7 F#

[Verse 1] You know, it really is a pity The way you treat me now I know you can't forgive me But forgive me anyhow

Avalanche

Em C D G Bm

Well I stepped into an avalanche, It covered up my soul; When I am not this hunchback that you see, I sleep beneath the golden hill. You who wish to conquer pain,

Ballad Of The Absent Mare

A D E

Pas de barré

Say a prayer for the cowboy, his mare's run away And he'll walk till he finds her, his darling, his stray But the river's in flood and the roads are awash And the bridges break up in the panic of loss

Banjo

C F G E Am Cm

[Verse 1] There's something that I'm watching means a lot to me There's something that I'm watching means a lot to me It's a broken banjo bobbing on the dark infested sea It's a broken banjo bobbing on the dark infested sea

Because Of

Bm A D Em G F#

[Verse 1] Because of a few songs Wherein I spoke of their mystery, Women have been exceptionally kind To my old age

Bird on the Wire

A E D A4 Bm

Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee If I, if I have been unkind

Blessed Is The Memory

Bm D A F#

[Verse 1] I remember the promise That you made in the barn When the kittens were born And you could not keep warm

Boogie Street

F#m C#7 D6 Bm Dmaj7 C#m7

(O Crown of Light, O Darkened One) (I never thought we'd meet) (You kiss my lips, and then you're gone) (And I'm back on Boogie Street)

Born in Chains

Em C G D Bm E

I was born in chains but I was taken out of Egypt I was bound to a burden, but the burden it was raised Oh Lord, I can no longer keep this secret Blessed is the name, the name be praised.

The Butcher

E A B7

Pas de barré

I came upon a butcher He was slaughtering a lamb I accused him there With his tortured lamb He said, "Listen to me, child

By the Rivers Dark

Fm Eb D#maj7 Dbmaj7 Db Ab

By the rivers dark I wandered on I lived my life In Babylon

Came So Far For Beauty

Bb G# Cm7 F D# G

G7 Baug C7 I came so far for beauty I left so much behind G7 Baug C7 My patience and my family

The Captain

A D E A7

Pas de barré

Now the Captain called me to his bed He fumbled for my hand Take these silver bars, he said I'm giving you command. Command of what, there's no one here

Chelsea Hotel #2

F Bb C Dm Am

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, You were talking so brave and so sweet, Giving me head on the unmade bed, While the limousines wait in the street. Those were the reasons and that was New York,

Closing Time

G D Em C B7 Bm

Yeah, the women tear their blouses off The men they dance on the polka dots And it's partner found and it's partner lost And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops It's closing time

Come Healing

F C Bb Dm

O gather up the brokenness And bring it to me now The fragrance of those promises You never dared to vow

Coming Back To You

F Bb C Dm G A

#----------------------------------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. # Coming Back To You (Leonard Cohen)

Crazy To Love You

E B A F# E7 C#

Had to go crazy to love you Had to go down to the pit Had to do time in the tower Beggin' my crazy to quit

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Am Dm E7

Pas de barré

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love, dance me to the end of love

The Darkness

Am D C E E7 F

The Darkness chords * (for acoustic guitar) Leonard Cohen (2012 Old Ideas) *a bass guitar really helps on this Capo III

Dear Heather

C G F D E A

[Verse 1] Dear Heather, please walk by me again With a drink in your hand And your legs all white from the winter Your legs all white from the winter

Death Of A Ladies Man

D Em A7 E7 G Bm

Verse 1: Ah the man she wanted all her life was hanging by a thread "I never even knew how much I wanted you," she said. His muscles they were numbered and his style was obsolete. "Oh baby, I have come too late." She knelt beside his feet.

Democracy

C# F# G# F A#m B

It's coming through a hole in the air, From those nights in Tiananmen Square. It's coming from the feel That this ain't exactly real, Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.

Diamonds In The Mine

A G D E

Pas de barré

[Verse 1] The Woman in blue, she's asking for revenge The man in white that's you, says he has no friends The river is swollen up with, rusty cans And the trees are burning in your promised land

Did I Ever Love You

C# G# F#/c# A#m F# G#/c#

Did I ever love you ? Did I ever need you ? Did I ever fight you ? Did I ever want to ? Did I ever leave you ?

Different Sides

Am G C E F Dm

[Intro] [Verse 1] We find ourselves on Different Sides of a line nobody drew Though it only be one in the higher eye, down here where we live it is two

Do I Have To Dance All Night

G C Em B7 Bm A

[Verse 1] I'm Forty-One, the moon is full You make love very well You touch me like I touch myself I like you Mademoiselle

Dont Go Home With Your Hard-On

F Bb Fm C7 Bbm

I was born in a beauty salon My father was a dresser of hair My mother was a girl you could call on When you called she was always there When you called she was always there

Dress Rehearsal Rag

Bm Cm C#m A#m Bb D

Four o'clock in the afternoon, and I didn't feel like very mutch. I said to my self, "where are you, golden boy, where's your fameous golden touch ?" I thought you knew where all of the elephants lie down, I thought you where the crownprince of all the wheels in Iv'ry Town.

Everybody Knows

Dm C F A7 Bb Gm

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded. Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed. Everybody knows the war is over. Everybody knows the good guys lost. Everybody knows the fight was fixed :

The Faith

A E F#m Bm C# B

[Verse 1] The sea so deep and blind The sun, the wild regret The club, the wheel, the mind, O love, aren't you tired yet?

Famous Blue Raincoat

Am G F Em7 Bm7 Am7

It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert

Field Commander Cohen

Am Bb E Dm C F

Leave it all and like a man, Come back to nothing special, Such as waiting rooms and ticket lines, Silver bullet suicides, And messianic ocean tides,

Fingerprints

D A7 A G E7 A5

[Verse 1] I touched you once too often Now I don't know who I am My fingerprints were missing When I wiped away the jam

First We Take Manhattan

Cm Gm Fm D

They sentanced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them First we take manhattan

The Future

Am Dm G6 E7 G C

Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture Give me absolute control over every living soul And lie beside me baby, that's an order ! Give me crack an anal sex, take the only tree that's left

Go No More A-Roving

A G D Bm C F#7

[Verse 1] So we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright

The Goal

Em C B7 B Am C/B

Verse 1: I can't leave my house Or answer the phone I'm going down again But I'm not alone

Going Home

G D A Bm C Em

He will speak these words of wisdom Like a sage, a man of vision Though he knows he's really nothing But the brief elaboration of a tube

The Guests

D E C A

Pas de barré

[Chorus 1] And no one knows where the night is going And no one knows why the wine is flowing Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you Oh..........I need you now

The Gypsy Wife

Am F C Em G Dm

And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor Whose darkness deepens in her arms a little more

The Gypsy's Wife

E C#m A Em7 B G#m

And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor Whose darkness deepens in her arms a little more

Hallelujah

C G F Am E

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah Hallelujah (pause) Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Halleluya

C Am F G G/B Em7

I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? Well it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift

Happens To The Heart

Bb G A7 Dm e F

[Verse 1] I was always working steady But I never called it art I got my shit together Meeting Christ and reading Marx

Heart With No Companion

G C D

Pas de barré

Now I greet you from the other side Of sorrow and despair With a love so vast and so shattered It will reach you everywhere

Hellelujah

G Em7 D C9 Em7/B G4

I heard there was a secret cord that David played and pleased the Lord But you don really care for music do you? It goes like this, the fourth and fifth; the minor fall and the major lift, The baffled king composing hallelujah

Here It Is

Bbm Ebm Db Abm

Here it is Here it is Here it is Here it is

Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye

C Am F G

Pas de barré*

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm Yes, many love before us I know we are not new In city and in forest they smiled like me and you But now it's come to distances and both of us must try

The Hills

Am Dm G C F E

I can't make the hills The system is shot I'm living on pills For which I thank God

Humbled In Love

G Am G#m Bb F E

[Verse 1] Do you remember all of those pledges That we pledged in the passionate night Ah they're soiled now, they're torn at the edges Like moths on a stale yellow light

Hunters Lullaby

C F G Am G7 B

[Verse 1] Your father's gone a-hunting He's deep in the forest so wild And he cannot take his wife with him He cannot take his child

I Cant Forget

F# B D#m E C# D

I stumbled out of bed I got ready for the struggle I smoked a cigarette And I tightened up my gut I said this can't be me

I Left A Woman Waiting

G F C Dm Am Em

What happened to you, lover? What happened to you, my lover? What happened to you, lover? What happened to you?"

I Tried To Leave You

Em Bm A G B D

[Verse 1] I tried to leave you, I don't deny I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times I'd wake up every morning by your side

I Was Never Any Good At Loving You

A E D F# B C#

I was never any good at loving you I was never any good at coming through for you You're going to feel much better When you cut me loose forever I was never any good

If I Didnt Have Your Love

D G A Bm Gm

Verse 1 If the sun would lose its light And we lived an endless night And there was nothing left that you could feel That's how it would be

If It Be Your Will

E B C#m F#m A D

If it be your will, that I speak no more And my voice be still, as it was before I will speak no more, I shall abide until I am spoken for, if it be your will If it be your will, that a voice be true

I'm Your Man

D Bm G Em A F#m

If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you. If you want a partner take my hand,

In My Secret Life

Dm F C C/E Bb Bbmaj7

(In My Secret Life) (In My Secret Life) (In My Secret Life) (In My Secret Life)

Iodine

F Dm Bb Gm A C#

I needed you, I knew I was in danger Of losing what I used to think was mine You let me love you till I was a failure You let me love you till I was a failure Your beauty on my bruise like iodine

Is This What You Wanted

D G D7 A Bm C

You were the promise at dawn, I was the morning after. You were Jesus Christ my Lord, I was the money lender. You were the sensitive woman,

It Seemed The Better Way

Em Am

Pas de barré

Verse It seemed the better way When first I heard him speak But now it's much too late To turn the other cheek

Its Torn

Am G C E7 F Fmaj7b5

Verse 1: I see you in windows That open so wide There's nothing beyond them And no one inside

Jazz Police

Gm Eb Ebm Am Dbm F

[Verse 1] Can you tell me why the bells are ringing? Nothing's happened in a million years I've been sitting here since Wednesday morning Wednesday morning can't believe my ears

Joan of Arc

G D A C A7 D7

Pas de barré

Now the flames they followed joan of arc As she came riding through the dark; No moon to keep her armour bright, No man to get her through this very smoky night. She said, I'm tired of the war,

Lady Midnight

C F G G7 C7 Dm

Pas de barré*

I came by myself to a very crowded place; I was looking for someone who had lines in her face I found her there but she was past all concern; I asked her to hold me, said "lady unfold me," But she scorned me,and she told me

The Land of Plenty

Ab Fm Gb6 Eb Db Gb

Don't really have the courage To stand where I must stand Don't really have the temperament To lend a helping hand

Last Year's Man

A G F#m D E

The rain falls down on last year's man That's a Jews harp on the table, that's a crayon in his hand. And the corners of the blue print are ruined since they rolled Far past the stems of thumb tacks that still throw shadows on the wood. And the skylight is like the skin for a drum I'll never mend

The Law

Dm Am Bb A F A7

[Verse 1] How many times did you call me And I knew it was late I left everybody But I never went straight

Leaving Green Sleeves

Am G E F C Em

[Verse 1] Alas, my love, you did me wrong To cast me out discourteously For I have loved you so long Delighting in your very company

Leaving The Table

C G Am F Dm E7

I'm leaving the table I'm out of the game I don't know the people In your picture frame If I ever loved you or no, no

Leonard Cohen

Em Am B7/F# F# B7

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love

The Letters

Gm D A Dm7 D7 G#m

Gm D7sus4 D7 You never liked to get The letters that I sent Gm D7sus4 D7 But now you've got the gist

Light As The Breeze

C G Dm E7 Am F

Pas de barré*

[Verse 1] She stands before you naked You can see it, you can taste it, And she comes to you light as the breeze Now you can drink it or you can nurse it,

Listen To The Hummingbird

F6 Fmaj7 Gaug G7 C Cadd9

Verse 1: Listen to the hummingbird Whose wings you cannot see Listen to the hummingbird Don't listen to me.

The Lost Canadian Un Canadien Errant

F C Dm Bb Gm A7

[Verse 1] Un Canadien errant Banni de ses foyers, Parcourait en pleurant Des pays étrangers

Love Calls You By Your Name

A C Bm Em G D

You thought that it could never happen To all the people that you became, Your body lost in legend, the beast so very tame. But here, right here, Between the birthmark and the stain,

Love Itself

F Bb C Gm A Dm

The light came through the window Straight from the sun above And so inside my little room There plunged the rays of love

Lover Lover Lover

Em Am C G

Pas de barré

I asked my father, I said, "Father change my name." The one I'm using now it's covered up With fear and filth and cowardice and shame.

Lullaby

D G A F#m Bm

[Verse 1] Sleep baby sleep The day’s on the run The wind in the trees Is talking in tongues

Master Song

G# Gm Eb Bb Bb/A Cm

I believe that you heard your master sing When I was sick in bed. I suppose that he told you everything That I keep locked away in my head. Your master took you travelling,

Memories

A G B D Bm C

[Pre-Chorus] I walked up to the tallest and the blondest girl I said, "Look, you don't know me Now but very soon you will

Minute Prologue

Bm G Em Am D7 C

[Verse] I've been listening to all the dissension I've been listening to all the pain And I feel that no matter what I do for you It's gonna come back again

Moving On

C G E7 F E Dm

[Verse 1] Am Asus2 Am I loved your face I loved your hair Dm Dsus2 Dm Your t-shirts and your evening-wear

My Oh My

Am F Am/G D C/E C

Wasn't hard to love you Didn't have to try Wasn't hard to love you Didn't have to try

Never Got To Love You

Gb Gb7 B Db D# Ab7

[Verse 1] The parking lot is empty They killed the neon sign It's dark from here to Saint-Jovite It's dark all down the line

Nevermind

Bm G

Pas de barré*

The war was lost The treaty signed I was not caught I crossed the line

Night Comes On

G D C A Am F

I went down to the place where I knew she lay waiting Under the marble and the snow I said Mother I'm frightened the thunder and the lightning I'll never come through this alone She said I'll be with you my shawl wrapped around you

The Night Of Santiago

C F C5 e E Am7

[Verse 1] She said she was a maiden That wasn't what I heard For the sake of conversation I took  her  at her word

Nightingale

B E D#m C#m F#

[Verse 2] The sun goes down behind a veil 'Tis now that you would call me So rest in peace my nightingale Beneath your branch of holly

The Old Revolution

E A / B Am B7

I final-ly broke in-to pri-son, Ifound my place in the chain. E-ven- dam-nat-ion is pois-oned-with rain-bows, All the brave young men. they're wait-ing now to see a sig-nal Wich some kil-ler - will be light-ing for pay.

On That Day

G Am7 Am C Dm A7

[Verse 1] Some people say It's what we deserve For sins against God And for crimes in the world

On The Level

Eb Ab Bb Cm

[Verse 1] I knew that it was wrong I didn't have a doubt I was dying to get back home And you were starting out

One of Us Cannot Be Wrong

A Bm D G E F#m

I lit a thin green candle, to make you jealous of me. But the room just filled up with mosquitos, They heard that my body was free. Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night And I put it in your little shoe.

Our Lady Of Solitude

A D C#m E F#m Bm

[Verse 1] All summer long she touched me She gathered in my soul From many a thorn, from many a thicket Her fingers, like a weaver's

Paper Thin Hotel

F C Gm D Dm Bb

Verse The walls of this hotel are paper-thin Last night I heard you making love to him The struggle mouth to mouth and limb to limb The grunt of unity when he came in

The Partisan

Am Am/E C E | G

Mesures à 2 temps When they poured across the border, I was cautioned to surrender This I could not do; I took my gun and vanished

Passing Through

C F G C7

Pas de barré*

I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary "Do you hate mankind for what they done to you ?" He said, "Talk of love not hate, things to do - it's getting late. I've so little time and I'm only passing through."

Puppets

G C D Em Cadd9 B7

Verse 1: German puppets burnt the Jews Jewish puppets did not choose Verse 2:

Samson in New Orleans

Db Gb Bbm Ab Ab7 F7

You said that you were with me, you said you were my friend Did you really love the city or did you just pretend ? You said you loved her secrets and her freedoms hid away She was better than America, that's what I heard you say

Seems So Long Ago, Nancy

F#m A Bm E C#m D

It seems so long ago, Nancy was alone Looking at the Late Late show through a semi-precious stone In the House of Honesty her father was on trial In the House of Mystery there was no one at all There was no one at all.

Show Me The Place

A A                        F#m E D Asus4

Show me the place, where you want your slave to go Show me the place, I've forgotten I don't know Show me the place where my head is bend and low Show me the place, where you want your slave to go

Sing Another Song Boys

A C#m F#m D Bm E

Ah his fingernails, I see they're broken His ships, they're all on fire The moneylender's lovely little daughter A Asus4 A Ah, she's eaten, she's eaten with desire

Sisters of Mercy

D A G F#m C#m A4

Oh ! Sisters of Mercy they are not departed or gone They were waiting for me when I thought that I just cant go on And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me their song Oh ! I hope you run into them you who've been traveling so long

Slow

A Gm D F C G

[CHORUS 1] I always liked it slow, I never liked it fast With you it’s got to go, With me it’s got to last It’s not because I’m old, It’s not because I’m dead I always liked it slow, That’s what my momma said

The Smokey Life

A G# E F#m7 G E7

[Verse] I've never seen your eyes so wide I've never seen your appetite quite this occupied Elsewhere is your feast of love, I know Long ago we agreed to keep it light

So Long, Marianne

A | E D F#m A4

Come over to the window, my little darling, I'd like to try to read your palm. I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy, Before I let you take me home.

Song Of Bernadette

G F C Dm7 Am C7

Pas de barré*

There was a child Named Bernadette, I heard the story long ago She saw the queen of heaven once and kept the vision in her soul No one believed what she had seen, no one believed what she had heard That there were sorrows to be healed and mercy, mercy in this world.

Songs From A Room

A E Am D Bm F

-- Track listing –- 1. Bird on the Wire 2. Story of Isaac 3. A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes 4. The Partisan

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

A E Bm F#m G D

1. Suzanne 2. Master Song 3. Winter Lady 4. The Stranger Song 5. Sisters of Mercy

Steer Your Way

C#m A B G# C#7 F#m

[Verse] Steer your way past the ruins of the Altar and the Mall Steer your way through the fables of Creation and The Fall Steer your way past the Palaces that rise above the rot

Store Room

Am E C G F#m

Its not the wind that keeps you up, Its not the snow, Its not the moon, Coming like a headlight, Through your window.

Stories of the Street

Em G Bm F#m B E

The stories of the street are mine, the Spanish voices laugh The Cadillacs go creeping now through the night and the poison gas, And I lean from my window sill in this old hotel I chose, Yes one hand on my suicide, one hand on the rose

Story of Isaac

F Am G C E C/G

The door it opened slowly, my father he came in I was nine years old And he stood so tall above me, blue eyes they were shining And his voice was very cold He said, "I've had a vision and you know I'm strong and holy

The Stranger Song

E F#m D C A

It's true that all the men you knew were dealers Who said they were through with dealing Every time you gave them shelter I know that kind of man It's hard to hold the hand of anyone

Suzanne

G Am Bm C

Suzanne takes you down To her place by the river, You can hear the boats go by, You can spend the night beside her, And you know that she's half crazy,

Take This Longing

G D F#m C Em Am

Many men have loved the bells You fastened to the rein And everyone who wanted you They found what they will always want again Your beauty lost to you yourself

Take This Waltz

C Am F Dm G E7

Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women There's a shoulder where death comes to cry There's a lobby with nine hundred windows There's a tree where the doves go to die There's a piece that was torn from the morning

Teachers

Am F

Pas de barré*

I met a woman long ago Her hair the black that black can go Are you a teacher of the heart ? Soft she answered no

Tennessee Waltz

G C D G7 A Em

Pas de barré

Tennessee Waltz Chords by Pee Wee King and Leonard Cohen (vs 3) The original lyrics and chords are from ftp.uwp.edu/ ../folk/... Submitted by ??? Thank to the unknown person.

Thanks For The Dance

D A G A7 Gm Bm

[Verse 1] Thanks for the dance I'm sorry you're tired The evening has hardly begun Thanks for the dance

That Dont Make It Junk

Ab F# Db Bbm Eb

Artist: Leonard Cohen Album: Ten New Songs Track: That don't make it junk By: jeremija

There Ain't No Cure For Love

G D C Em Am7 G7

I loved you for a long, long time I know this love is real It don't matter how it all went wrong That don't change the way I feel And I can't believe that time's

There For You

Fm C7 Bbm F7 Eb Db

[Verse 1] When it all went down (When it all went down) And the pain came through I get it now I was there for you

There Is War

G C D Am

Pas de barré

There is a war between the rich and poor a war between the man and the woman There is a war between the ones who say there-is-a-war and the ones who say there isn't Why don't you come on back to the war? that's right, get in it Why don't you come on back to the war? it's just beginning

Theres No Reason Why You Should

Eb A D E Bb Gb

From the 1968.08.31 BBC Session in London, Paris Theatre (LEONARD COHEN - AT THE BEEB, 1993, Yellow Cat Records, Luxembourg) There's No Reason Why You Should

To A Teacher

C F G

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[Verse 1] Hurt once and for all into silence A long pain ending without a song to prove it Who could stand beside you so close to Eden, When you glinted in every eye the held-high

Tonight Will Be Fine

A E D E7

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Sometimes I find I get to thinking of the past We swore to each other then that our love would surely last You kept right on loving, I went on a fast Now I am too thin and your love is too vast

Tower of Song

G C D Em

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I ache in the places where I used to play And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent everyday In the Tower of Song

The Traitor

C F E Am F/C G

Now the Swan it floated on the English river Ah the Rose of High Romance it opened wide A sun tanned woman yearned me through the summer And the judges watched us from the other side

Traveling Light

Am Dm E

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I'm traveling light It's au revoir My once so bright My fallen star I'm running late

Treaty

G Am F C Dm G7

Verse 1 I've seen you change the water into wine I've seen you change it back to water, too I sit at your table every night I try but I just don't get high with you

True Love Leaves No Traces

F C7 Gm Am/E D7 Cm13/Eb

As the mist leaves no scar On the dark green hill So my body leaves no scar On you and never will

Undertow

G C Dm F Am Cm

[Verse 1] I set out one night When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know

Waiting For The Miracle

Em D Ebdim B7 C Am

I didn't see the time I waited half my life away There were lots of invitations And I know you sent me some But I was waiting

Who By Fire

Am G C Em

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And who by fire, who by water, Who in the sunshine, who in the night time, Who by high ordeal, who by common trial, Who in your merry merry month of may, Who by very slow decay,

Why Dont You Try

A D E D7 C# G

[Verse 1] Why don't you try to do without him? Why don't you try to live alone? Do you really need his hands for your passion? Do you really need his heart for your throne?

The Window

A E D

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Why do you stand by the window Abandoned to beauty and pride The thorn of the night in your bosern The spear of the age in you side Lost in the rages of fragrance

Winter Lady

D A E

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[Verse 1] Dadd4 Amaj7 Dadd4 C Traveling lady stay a while Dadd4 Amaj7 Dadd4 Until the night is over

You Got Me Singing

Eb Bb Ab Cm G

You got me singing Ever since the river died You got me thinking Of the places we could hide

You Have Loved Enough

Em G C D A A4

I said I'd be your lover You laughed at what I said I lost my job forever I was counted with the dead

You Know Who I Am

Am D A Bm G G/F#

I cannot follow you, my love You cannot follow me. I am the distance you put between All of the moments that we will be.

You Want It Darker

G Em Am C D

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If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game If you are the healer, I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory Then mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame