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." |
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The one I'm u | sing now it's covered up with fear and filth and cowardice and | shame. |
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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. |
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| He said, "I | locked you in this body,I meant it as a kind of | trial. |
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You can | use it for a weapon, or to make some woman | smile." |
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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. |
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| "Then let me | start again," I cried, "Please let me start a | gain. |
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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. |
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| "I never | never turned aside," he said, "I never walked a | way. |
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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. |
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| And may the | spirit of this song, may it rise up pure and | free. |
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May it | be a shield for you, a shield against the ene | my. |
| 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. |
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