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Birds on the Wire (10.06.2019)

_________________ Leonard Cohen - Teil I _________________

drums & bass; Michael/Jürgen / Christiane Hintergrundgesang

  1. You Want it Darker

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: You Want it Darker (2016)

Em G Am
Intro
Em
If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game.
G Am
If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame.
Em
If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame.
G Am Em G Am
You want it darker, We kill the flame.
 
Em
Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name.
G Am
Vilified, crucified, in the human frame.
Em
A million candles burning for the help that never came - You want it darker.
G Am C G D Em G Am
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh) Hineni, hineni - I'm ready, my lord
 
There's a lover in the story, But the story's still the same. 
There's a lullaby for suffering - And a paradox to blame. 
But it's written in the scriptures, And it's not some idle claim. 
You want it darker - We kill the flame. 
 
They're lining up the prisoners - And the guards are taking aim. 
I struggled with some demons, They were middle class and tame. 
I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim - You want it darker. 
(Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh) - Hineni, hineni - I'm ready, my lord 
 
Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name. 
Vilified, crucified, in the human frame. 
A million candles burning for the love that never came. 
You want it darker - We kill the flame. 
 
If you are the dealer, let me 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 
(Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh) - Hineni, hineni 
(Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh) - Hineni, hineni - I'm ready, my lord 
(Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh) - Hi-ne-ni - (Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh) - Hi-ne-ni 

  2. Tonight Will be Fine

Leonard Cohen : Songs from a Room (1969)

standard Gesang: Johnny
A E A
Sometimes I find I get to thinking of the past.
A E A
We swore to each other then that our love would surely last.
E A
You kept right on loving, I went on a fast,
E A
Now I am too thin and your love is too vast.
D A D A
But I know from your eyes, And I know from your smile:
D A
That tonight will be fine, will be fine, will be fine,
E E7 A
Will be fine for a while.
Blues/Soul Gesang Christiane
A E A
I choose the rooms that I live in with care.
A E A
The windows are small and the walls almost bare.
E7 G D7 A
There's only one bed and there's only - only one prayer.
C E7
I listen all night for your step on the stair.
D7 A7 D7 A7
But I know from your eyes, And I know from your smile:
D7 A7
That tonight will be fine, will be fine, will be fine,
E E7 A
Will be fine for a while.
standard Gesang: Johnny
A E A
Oh sometimes I see her undressing for me.
A E A
She's the soft naked lady love meant her to be.
E A
And she's moving her body so brave and so free.
E A
If I've got to remember that's a fine memory.
D A D A
But I know from your eyes, And I know from your smile:
D A
That tonight will be fine, will be fine, will be fine,
E E7 A
Will be fine for a while.
La la la... 

Jürgen: Gitarre

  3. The Guests

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: Recent Songs (1979)

Em D C D
One by one, the guests arrive, the guests are coming through.
Em D C E
The open-hearted many, the broken-hearted few.
A D
And no one knows where the night is going
A D
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
E7 A
now - - I need you now.
 
And those who dance, begin to dance, those who weep begin 
And "welcome, welcome" cries a voice "let all my guests come in." 
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 
now - - I need you now. 
 
And all go stumbling through that house, in lonely secrecy 
Saying "do reveal yourself", or "why has thou forsaken me? " 
And no one knows... 
 
All at once, the torches flare, the inner door flies open 
One by one, they enter there, in every style of passion 
And no one knows... 
 
And here they take their sweet repast, while house and grounds dissolve 
And one by one the guests are cast, beyond the garden wall 
And no one knows... 
 
And those who dance, begin to dance, those who weep begin 
Those who earnestly are lost, are lost and lost again 
And no one knows... 
 
One by one, the guests arrive, the guests are coming through 
The open-hearted many, the broken-hearted few 
And no one knows... 

  4. Lover Lover Lover

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974)

Bm Em Bm
I asked my father, I said, "Father change my name."
Em Bm
The one I'm using now it's covered up with fear and filth and cowardice and shame.
G D
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
G D
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
 
D Em Bm
He said, "I locked you in this body,I meant it as a kind of trial.
Em Bm
You can use it for a weapon, or to make some woman smile."
G D
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
G D
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
 
D Em Bm
"Then let me start again," I cried, "Please let me start again.
Em Bm
I want a face that's fair this time, I want a spirit that is calm."
G D
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
G D
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
|: Am Em :| |: C G :|
D Em Bm
"I never never turned aside," he said, "I never walked away.
Em Bm
It was you who built the temple, it was you who covered up my face."
G D
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
G D
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
 
D Em Bm
And may the spirit of this song, may it rise up pure and free.
Em Bm
May it be a shield for you, a shield against the enemy.
G D
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
G D
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.

  5. First we Take Manhattan

Leonard Cohen

Dm Am
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom,
Dm Am
For trying to change the system from within.
Dm Am
I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them:
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.
 
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens. I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin. 
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons: First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. 
C G F
I'd really like to live beside you, baby.
C Am
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes,
C Am
But you see that line there moving through the station.
G F E Am
I told you - I told you - I told you I was one of those.
 
You loved me as a loser but now you're worried that I just might win. 
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline. 
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin: 
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. 
 
I don't like your fashion business, mister. I don't like these drugs that keep you thin. 
I don't like what happened to your sister: First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. 
I'd really like to live beside you, baby. 
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes. 
But you see that line there moving through the station: 
I told you - I told you - I told you I was one of those. 
And I thank you for those items that you sent me. The monkey and the plywood violin. 
I practiced every night and now I'm ready: First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. 
 
Remember me, I used to live for music. Remember me, I brought your groceries in. 
It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded: First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. 

  6. Dance Me To The End Of Love

Leonard Cohen

|: Cm Gm :| |: D7/A Gm :|
Cm Gm
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Cm Gm
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Cm Gm
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
|: D7/A Gm :| Cm Gm D7/A Gm
|: Dance me to the end of love :|
 
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone 
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon 
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of 
Dance me to the end of love, Dance me to the end of love. 
 
Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on 
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long 
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above 
Dance me to the end of love, Dance me to the end of love. 
 
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born 
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn 
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn 
Dance me to the end of love 
 
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin 
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in 
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove 
|: D7/A Gm :| 3x
|:Dance me to the end of love. :|

  7. There is a War

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974)

Am
There is a war between the rich and poor a
G
War be-tween the man and the woman.
Am
There is a war be-tween the ones who say there is a
G
war and the ones who say there isn't.
D C G
Why don't you come on back to the war, that's right, get in it,
D C G
Why don't you come on back to the war, it's just beginning.
 
Well I live here with a woman and a child, 
The situation makes me kind of nervous. 
Yes, I rise up from her arms, she says "I guess you call this love"; 
I call it service. Why don't you come on back to the war, don't be a tourist, 
why don't you come on back to the war, before it hurts us, 
Why don't you come on back to the war, let's all get nervous. 
 
You cannot stand what I've become, 
You much prefer the gentleman I was before. 
I was so easy to defeat, I was so easy to control, 
I didn't even know there was a war. 
Why don't you come on back to the war, don't be embarrassed, 
Why don't you come on back to the war, you can still get married. 
 
There is a war between the rich and poor, 
A war between the man and the woman. 
There is a war between the left and right, 
A war between the black and white, 
A war between the odd and the even. 
Why don't you come on back to the war, pick up your tiny burden, 
Why don't you come on back to the war, let's all get even, 
Why don't you come on back to the war, can't you hear me speaking? 

  8. The Future

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: The Future (1992)

Am
Dm
Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life,
G6 E7 Am
It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.
Dm
Give me absolute control over every living soul
G6 Am
And lie beside me, baby, that's an order!
Dm
Give me crack and anal sex, take the only tree that's left,
G6 E7 Am
stuff it up the hole in your culture.
Dm
Give me back the Berlin Wall, give me Stalin and St. Paul.
G6 E7 Am
I've seen the future, brother: it is murder.
Dm C
Things are gonna slide, (slide) in all directions,
Dm C
Won't be nothing (won't be) nothing you can't measure anymore.
Dm F
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold
Fm C
and it's overturned the order of the soul.
|: G
|: When they said (they said) Repent (repent) Repent (repent)
Am :|
I wonder what they meant. :| (3x)
 
You don't know me from the wind, you never will, you never did, 
I'm the little jew who wrote the bible. 
I've seen the nations rise and fall, I've heard their stories, heard them all, 
But love's the only engine of survival. 
Your servant here, he has been told to say it clear, to say it cold: 
It's over, it ain't going any further. 
And now the wheels of heaven stop, you feel the devil's riding crop, 
Get ready for the future: it is murder. 
Things are gonna slide, (slide) in all directions. 
Won't be nothing, (won't be) nothing you can measure anymore. 
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold 
And it's overturned the order of the soul. 
|: When they said (=) repent (=), repent (=) - I wonder what they meant. :| (3x) 
bridge
Am Dm
There'll be the breaking of the ancient western code, Your private life will suddenly explode.
Am F7 E
There'll be phantoms, there'll be fires on the road, And the white man dancing.
Am Dm
You'll see your woman hanging upside down, her features covered by her fallen gown.
Am F7 E
and all the lousy little poets coming around trying to sound like Charlie Manson
Am
And the white man dancing.
A A G A C G A C G C A A
(riff jumping jack flash)
solo
Give me back the Berlin Wall, give me Stalin and St. Paul, 
Give me Christ, or give me Hiroshima! 
Destroy another fetus now, we don't like children anyhow, 
I've seen the future, baby: it is murder. 
Things are gonna slide, (slide) in all directions. 
Won't be nothing, (won't be) nothing you can measure anymore. 
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold 
And it's overturned the order of the soul. 
|: When they said (=) repent (=), repent (=) - I wonder what they meant. :| (3x) 

_________________ Teil II _________________

  9. Suzanne

Leonard Cohen

E
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river,
F#m
You can hear the boat go by, and you spend the night beside her.
E
And you know that she's half crazy, but that's why you want to be there
G#m A
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China.
E F#m
And when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her.
E
Then she gets you on her wave-length
F#m E
And she lets the river answer that you’ve always been her lover.
G#m A
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind,
E F#m
And you know she will trust you for you’ve touched her perfect body
E
With your mind.
 
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water. 
And he spend a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower. 
And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him 
He said: "All men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them". 
But he himself was broken long bevor the sky war open 
Forsaken, almost human, 
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone. 
And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind 
And you think maybe you'll trust him for he's touched you perfect body 
With his mind. 
 
Now Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river 
She is wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters. 
And the sun pours down like honey for our lady of the harbour, 
and she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers. 
There are heros in the seaweed, there are children in the morning 
They are leaning out for love 
And they will lean that way forever, while Suzanne holds the mirror. 
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind, 
And you know that you can trust her for she's touched your perfect body 
With her mind. 

Harp A

 10. Bird on the Wire

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: Sogs from a Room (1969)

A E A D
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir,
A E A Asus4 A
I have tried in my way to be free.
 
A E A D
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book,
A E A Asus4 A
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
D A
If I, if I have been unkind,
Bm A
I hope that you can just let it go by.
D A
If I, if I have been untrue,
Bm E
I hope you know it was never to you.
 
A E A D
Like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn,
A E A Asus4 A
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
 
A E A D
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong!
A E A Asus4 A
I will make it all up to thee.
D A
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch.
Bm A
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
D A
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
Bm E
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
A E A D
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir,
A E D A
I have tried in my way to be free
Boogie

 11. I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (1988)

| Em | | Bm | | A | F#m | Bm |
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
Bm Em Bm
If you want a lover, I'll do anything you ask me to,
Em D
And if you want another kind of love, I'll wear a mask for you.
Bm
If you want a partner, take my hand,
G A
Or if you want to strike me down in anger,
Bm
Here I stand: I'm your man!
 
If you want a boxer, I will step into the ring for you, 
And if you want a doctor, I'll examine every inch of you. 
If you want a driver, climb inside, 
Or if you want to take me for a ride, 
You know you can: I'm your man! 
 
Bridge
D G
Ah, the moon's too bright, the chain's too tight,
A D
The beast won't go to sleep.
F#m
I've been running through these promises to you
Bm
That I made and I could not keep.
F#m Bm
Ah, but a man never got a woman back, not by begging on his knees;
G A
Or I'd crawl to you baby, And I'd fall at your feet,
G A
And I'd howl at your beauty like a dog in heat,
G G#
And I'd claw at your heart, And I'd tear at your sheet;
A Bm
I'd say please: (please) I'm your man!
 
And if you've got to sleep a moment on the road, I will steer for you. 
And if you want to work the street alone, I'll disappear for you. 
If you want a father for your child, 
Or only want to walk with me a while 
Across the sand: I'm your man! 
 
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... 

 12. The Partisan (La Complainte du Partisan)

Bernard, Anna Marly, Hy Saret (engl. Text) /Leonard Cohen: Songs from a room (1969)

Em G D Em G D Em
When they poured across the border I was cautioned to surrender,
G D C G B7 Em
This I could not do. I took my gun and vanished.
 
I have changed my name so often, I've lost my wife and children, 
But I have many friends. And some of them are with me. 
 
An old woman gave us shelter, Kept us hidden in the garret. 
Then the soldiers came: She died without a whisper. 
 
There were three of us this morning, I'm the only one this evening. 
But I must go on, the frontiers are my prison. 
 
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves, the wind is blowing. 
Freedom soon will come, Then we'll come from the shadows. 
 
Les Allemands étaient chez moi. Ils me dirent: resigne-toi. 
Mais je n'ai pas pu, J'ai repris mon arme. 
 
J'ai changé cent fois de nom. J'ai perdu femme et enfants. 
Mais j'ai tant d'amis, J'ai la France entière. 
 
Un vieil homme dans un grenier Pour la nuit nous a cachés. 
Les Allemands l'ont pris, Il est mort sans surprise. 
 
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves, the wind is blowing. 
Freedom soon will come, Then we'll come from the shadows. 

 13. Joan of Arc

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: Songs of Love and Hate (1971)

G D
Now the flames they followed Joan of Arc
C G
As she came riding through the dark.
A D
No moon to keep her armour bright,
A G D
No man to get her through this (dark and) very smoky night.
 
She said, "I'm tired of the war. 
I want the kind of work I had before, 
A wedding dress or something white 
To wear upon my swollen appetite." 
D/A D Am
La la la, la la la, la la la la la la,
C G D G
La la la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la.
 
Well, I'm glad to hear you talk this way, 
You know I've watched you riding every day. 
And something in me yearns to win 
Such a cold and lonesome heroine. 
 
"And who are you?" she sternly spoke 
To the one beneath the smoke. 
"Why, I'm fire," he replied 
"And I love your solitude, I love your pride." - La la la... 
 
"Then fire, make your body cold 
I'm going to give you mine to hold," 
Saying this she climbed inside 
To be his one, to be his only bride. 
 
And deep into his fiery heart 
He took the dust of Joan of Arc. 
And high above the wedding guests 
He hung the ashes of her wedding dress. - La la la... 
 
It was deep into his fiery heart 
He took the dust of Joan of Arc. 
And then she clearly understood: 
If he was fire, oh then she must be wood. 
 
I saw her wince, I saw her cry, 
I saw the glory in her eye. 
Myself I long for love and light, 
But must it come so cruel, and oh so bright? - La la la... 

7/8

 14. Who by Fire

Leonard Cohen

Am G Am Am G Am
And who by fire, who by water.
C G7 C C G7 C
Who in the sunshine, who in the nighttime.
Am G Am Am G Am
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
C G7 C
Who in your merry, merry month of May,
C G7 C Am Fmaj7 E
Who by various slow decay and who shall I say is callling.
 
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate, 
who in these realms of love, who by something blunt, 
who by avalanche, who by powder, 
who for his greed, who for his hunger, 
and who shall I say is calling? 
 
And who by brave assent, who by accident, 
who in solitude, who in this mirror, 
who by his lady's command, who by his own hand, 
who in mortal chains, who in power, 
and who shall I say is calling? 

 15. Tower of Song

Leonard Cohen/Leonard Cohen: I'm your Man (1988)

G
Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey,
I ache in the places where I used to play, 
C G
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on.
D C G
I'm just paying my rent every day - In the Tower of Song.
 
I said to Hank Williams: How lonely does it get? 
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet. 
But I hear him coughing all night long. 
A hundred floors above me - In the Tower of Song. 
 
I was born like this, I had no choice. 
I was born with the gift of a golden voice, 
And twenty-seven angels from the Great beyond, 
They tied me to this table right here - In the Tower of Song. 
 
So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll. 
I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all. 
I'm standing by the window where the light is strong. 
They don't let a woman kill you, not - In the Tower of Song. 
 
Now you can say that I've grown bitter, but of this you may be sure: 
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor, 
And there's a mighty judgement coming. But I may be wrong: 
You see, you hear these funny voices - In the Tower of Song. 
Bridge
Em D
I see you standing on the other side.
Em D
I don't know how the river got so wide.
C G
I loved you, baby, way back when,
Em D
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed.
Em D
But I feel so close to everything that we lost,
C D
We'll never have to lose it again.
 
I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back. 
They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track. 
But You'll be hearing from me, baby, Long after I'm gone. 
I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window - In the Tower of Song. 

Harp G

 16. So Long, Marianne

Leonard Cohen / Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

 
G Am C G
Come over to the window, my little darling, I'd like to try to read your palm.
F C Em D Dsus4 D
I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy, Before I let you take me home.
D7 G Em
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began to
D Dsus4 D D7 D Dsus4 D D7 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
 
Well you know that I love to live with you, but you make me forget so very much. 
I forget to pray for the angels and then the angels forget to pray for us. 
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began to 
Laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again. 
Michael
We met when we were almost young, deep in the green lilac park. 
You held on to me like I was a crucifix, as we went kneeling through the dark. 
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began to 
Laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again. 
solo Harp
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began to 
laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again. 
 
Your letters they all say that you're beside me now, Then, why do I feel alone? 
I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web is fastening my ankle to a stone. 
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began to 
Laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again. 
Ingbert
For now I need your hidden love, I'm cold as a new razor blade. 
You left when I told you I was curious, I never said that I was brave. 
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began to 
Laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again. 
 
Oh, you are really such a pretty one; I see you've gone and changed your name again. 
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside, to wash my eyelids in the rain! 
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began to 
Laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again. 
solo
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began to 
laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again. 
 
Oh your eyes, well I forgot Your eyes; Your body's at home in every sea. 
How come you gave away your news to everyone, that you said was a secret for me. 
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began to 
laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again. 

__________________ Zugaben ___________________

 17. Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: Various Positions (1984)

Intro
C Am C Am
C Am
Well, I heard there was a secret chord
C Am
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
F G C G
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
 
C F G
Well, it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth,
Am F
The minor fall and the major lift,
G E Am
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
F Am F C G C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
 
Well, your faith was strong, but you needed proof, 
You saw her bathing on the roof 
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya 
 
And she tied you to her kitchen chair, 
And she broke your throne and she cut your hair, 
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
 
You say, "I took the Name in vain, 
I dont even know the Name". 
But if I did, well really, what's it to you? 
 
There's a blaze of light in every word 
It doesnt matter which you heard 
The holy or the broken Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
 
I did my best, but it wasn't much. 
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch. 
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. 
 
And even though it all went wrong, 
I'll stand before the Lord of song, 
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah. 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah... 
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 18. Closing Time

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: The Future (1992)

G5 D5 G
Ah, we're drinking and we're dancing and the band is really happ'nin',
Em
and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high,
Bm
And my very sweet companion, she's the angel of compassion,
Em
She's rubbin' half the world against her thigh.
C
And eve'y drinker, every dancer lifts a happy face to thank her,
G B Em
The fiddler fiddles somethin' so sublime.
D
All the women tear their blouses off, the men, they dance on the polka dots,
C
And it's partner found, it's partner lost, and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
G
It's closin' time.
C
Yeah the women tear their blouses off, and the men, they dance on the polka dots,
G B Em C
And it's partner found, and it's partner lost, and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
C5 G5 D5
It's closin' time.
 
G
Ah, We're lonely, we're romantic, and the cider's laced with acid,
Em
And the Holy Spirit's crying, "Where's the beef?"
Bm
And the moon is swimming naked, and the summer night is fragrant
Em
With a mighty expectation of relief.
C
So we struggle and we stagger down the snakes and up the ladder
G B Em
To the tower where the blessed hours chime.
D
And I swear it happened just like this: A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss;
C
The Gates of Love they budged an inch. I can't say much has happened since
G
but closing time. (|: closing time. :|)
C
I swear it happened just like this: A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss;
G B Em C
The Gates of Love they budged an inch. I can't say much has happened since
C5 G5 D5
(|: can't say much has happened since :|) but closin' time. closin' time.
 
Em
I loved you for your beauty but that doesn't make a fool of me;
Bm
You were in it for your beauty, too.
Em
And I loved you for your body, there's a voice that sounds like God to me,
A
Declaring (declaring) declaring (declaring)
D
Declaring that you're body's really you. (really really really really)
 
C
And I loved you when our love was blessed, and I love you now there's nothin' left
G B Em
But sorrow and a sense of overtime.
D
And I missed you since the place got wrecked, and I just don't care what happens next.
C
Looks like freedom but it feels like death. it's something in between, I guess,
G
It's closing time.
C
Yeah, I missed you since the place got wrecked by the winds of change and the weeds of sex,
G B Em C
And it looks like freedom but it feels like death, it's something in between, I guess.
G5 D5
It's closing time.
 
G
Yeah, we're drinking and we're dancing, but there's nothing really happening,
Em
And the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night;
Bm
And my very close companion gets me fumblin', gets me laughin',
Em
She's a hundred but she's wearin' somethin' tight.
C
And I lift my glass to the Awful Truth which you can't reveal to the ears of youth,
G B Em
Except to say it isn't worth a dime.
D
And the whole damn place goes crazy twice, And it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ,
C
But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights, we're busted in the blindin' lights
G
Of Closin' Time. (Closing Time...)
C
The whole damn place goes crazy twice, And it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ,
G B Em C
But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights, we're busted in the blindin' lights
C5 G5 D5
(|: busted in the blindin' lights :|) Of Closin' Time. Closing Time.
 
G D
Oh, the women tear their blouses off, and the men, they dance on the polka dots, it's closin' time.
And it's partner found, and it's partner lost, And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops: it's closing time. 
I swear it happened just like this: A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss, it's closing time. 
The gates of love, they budged an inch; I can't say much has happened since but closing time. 
I loved you when our love was blessed, I love you now, there's nothing left but closing time. 
And I missed you since our place got wrecked by the winds of change and the weeds of sex, it's closing time. 

__________________ Reserve ___________________

 19. Everybody Knows

Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson / Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (1988)

Am
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded.
F
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.
Am
Everybody knows the war is over.
F
Everybody knows the good guys lost.
Dm E
Everybody knows the fight was fixed:
G Am
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich.
Bb E Am
That's how it goes. Everybody knows.
 
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking, 
Everybody knows that the captain lied. 
Everybody got this broken feeling 
Like their father or their dog just died. 
Everybody talking to their pockets, 
Everybody wants a box of chocolates 
And a long-stem rose - Everybody knows. 
 
Everybody knows that you love me baby, 
Everybody knows that you really do. 
Everybody knows that you've been faithful, 
Ah, give or take a night or two. 
Everybody knows you've been discreet 
But there were so many people you just had to meet 
Without your clothes - And everybody knows. 
C G
Everybody knows, everybody knows.
Am G C
That's how it goes - Everybody knows.
C
Everybody knows, everybody knows.
Am G C
That's how it goes - Everybody knows.
 
And everybody knows that it's now or never, 
Everybody knows that it's me or you. 
And everybody knows that you live forever, 
Ah, when you've done a line or two. 
Everybody knows the deal is rotten, 
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton - 
For your ribbons and bows - And everybody knows. 
 
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming, 
Everybody knows that it's moving fast. 
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman 
Are just a shining artifact of the past. 
Everybody knows the scene is dead 
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed - 
That will disclose - What everybody knows. 
 
And everybody knows that you're in trouble; 
Everybody knows what you've been through - 
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary 
To the beach of Malibu. 
Everybody knows it's coming apart, 
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart - 
Before it blows - And everybody knows. 
Everybody knows, everybody knows. 
That's how it goes - Everybody knows. 
Everybody knows, everybody knows. 
That's how it goes - Everybody knows. 
Everybody knows, everybody knows. 
That's how it goes - Everybody knows. 
Everybody knows... 

 20. Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

F
I love you in the morning our kisses deep and warm,
Dm
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm.
Bb
Yes, many loved before us I know that we are not new,
F
In city and in forest they smiled like me and you.
Dm
But now it's come to distances and both of us must try
Bb
Your eyes are soft with sorrow
C F C
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye-ye
 
I'm not looking for another 
As I wander in my time 
Walk me to the corner 
Our steps will always rhyme 
You know my love goes with you 
As your love stays with me 
It's just the way it changes 
Like the shoreline and the sea 
But let's not talk of love or chains 
And things we can't untie 
Your eyes are soft with sorrow 
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye 
 
I loved you in the morning 
Our kisses deep and warm 
Your hair upon the pillow 
Like a sleepy golden storm 
Yes, many loved before us 
I know that we are not new 
In city and in forest 
They smiled like me and you 
But let's not talk of love or chains 
And things we can't untie 
Your eyes are soft with sorrow 
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye. 
Bird on the Wire10
Closing Time18
Dance Me To The End Of Love6
Everybody Knows19
First we Take Manhattan5
Hallelujah17
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye20
I'm Your Man11
Joan of Arc13
Lover Lover Lover4
So Long, Marianne16
Suzanne9
The Future8
The Guests3
The Partisan (La Complainte du Partisan)12
There is a War7
Tonight Will be Fine2
Tower of Song15
Who by Fire14
You Want it Darker1

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