First We Take Manhattan chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

DmDm               A minorAm
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
    DmDm               A minorAm
For trying to change the system from within.
    DmDm            A minorAm
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward  them.
 G+G         FF E MajorE         A minorAm
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

    DmDm            A minorAm
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens,
    DmDm             A minorAm
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin,
    DmDm             A minorAm
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons.
 G+G         FF E MajorE         A minorAm
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

  C majorC                G+G  FF
I'd really like to live beside you, baby.
       C majorC               A minorAm
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
     C majorC                    A minorAm
But you see that line there moving through the station?
  G+G     FF     E MajorE           A minorAm
I told you, I told you, I told you I was one of those.

    DmDm               A minorAm
You loved me as a loser but now you're worried that I just might win.
   DmDm               A minorAm
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline.
   DmDm                A minorAm
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin.
 G+G         FF E MajorE         A minorAm
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

DmDm                  A minorAm
I don't like your fashion business, mister.
DmDm                   A minorAm
I don't like these drugs that keep you thin.
DmDm                 A minorAm
I don't like what happened to your sister.
 G+G         FF E MajorE         A minorAm
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. (Chorus)

    DmDm                A minorAm
And I thank you for those items that you sent me,
  DmDm             A minorAm
The monkey and the plywood violin.
  DmDm                A minorAm
I practiced every night and now I'm ready.
 G+G         FF E MajorE         A minorAm
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

  DmDm              A minorAm
Remember me, I used to live for music.
  DmDm                 A minorAm
Remember me, I brought your groceries in.
    DmDm             A minorAm
It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded.
 G+G         FF E MajorE         A minorAm
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.