Lover Lover Lover
Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974)
| Em | Am | Em | |
| I asked my | father, I said, "Father change my | name." | 
| Am | Em | |
| The one I'm u | sing now it's covered up with fear and filth and cowardice and | shame. | 
| C | G | |
| Yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me, | 
| C | G | |
| yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me. | 
| G | Am | Em | |
| He said, "I | locked you in this body,I meant it as a kind of | trial. | 
| Am | Em | |
| You can | use it for a weapon, or to make some woman | smile." | 
| C | G | |
| Yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me, | 
| C | G | |
| yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me. | 
| G | Am | Em | |
| "Then let me | start again," I cried, "Please let me start a | gain. | 
| Am | Em | |
| I want a | face that's fair this time, I want a spirit that is | calm." | 
| C | G | |
| Yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me, | 
| C | G | |
| yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me. | 
| G | Am | Em | |
| "I never | never turned aside," he said, "I never walked a | way. | 
| Am | Em | |
| It was | you who built the temple, it was you who covered up my | face." | 
| C | G | |
| Yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me, | 
| C | G | |
| yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me. | 
| G | Am | Em | |
| And may the | spirit of this song, may it rise up pure and | free. | 
| Am | Em | |
| May it | be a shield for you, a shield against the ene | my. | 
| C | G | |
| Yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me, | 
| C | G | |
| yes and | lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come | back to me. | 
