Its Torn chords by Leonard Cohen

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice


Verse 1:
  A minorAm
I see you in windows
      A minorAm
That open so wide
          G MajorG
There’s nothing beyond them
       A minorAm
And no one inside

Verse 2:
     A minorAm
You kick off your sandals
     A minorAm
And shake out your hair
     G MajorG
The salt on your shoulders
       A minorAm
Like sparks in the air


Verse 3:
         A minorAm
There’s silt on your ankles
     A minorAm
And sand on your feet
      G MajorG
The river too shallow
     A minorAm
The ocean too deep

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Verse 4:
     A minorAm
You smile at your suffering
      A minorAm
The sweetest reprieve
 G MajorG
Why did you leave us?
A minorAm
Why did you leave?


Chorus:
     C majorC
You kick off your sandals
      C majorC
And shake out your hair
      E7E7
It’s torn where you’re dancing
      E7E7
It’s torn everywhere


Verse 5:
      A minorAm
It’s torn on the right
          A minorAm
And it’s torn on the left
      FF
It’s torn in the centre
       FF              Fmaj7b5   E MajorE
Which few can accept


Verse 6:
      A minorAm
It’s torn where there’s beauty
      A minorAm
It’s torn where there’s death
      G MajorG
It’s torn where there’s mercy
     A minorAm
But torn somewhat less


Verse 7:
      A minorAm
It’s torn in the highest
       A minorAm
From kingdom to crown
       G MajorG
The messages fly
          A minorAm
But the network is down


Verse 8:
  A minorAm
Bruised at the shoulder
    A minorAm
And cut at the wrist
     G MajorG
The sea rushes home
         A minorAm
To its thimble of mist


Verse 9:
       A minorAm
The opposites falter
      A minorAm
The spirals reverse
     G MajorG
And Eve must re-enter
     A minorAm
The sleep of her birth


{Chorus]
    C majorC
And up through the system
      C majorC
The worlds are withdrawn
      E7E7
From every dominion
     E7E7
The mind stood upon


    A minorAm
And now that you told her
    A minorAm
And now that it’s done
     FF
The name has no number
 FF                Fmaj7b5   E MajorE
Not even the one


Verse 10:
      A minorAm
Come gather the pieces
      A minorAm
All scattered and lost
     G MajorG
The lie in what’s holy
     A minorAm
The light in what’s not


Verse 11:
     A minorAm
The story’s been written
      A minorAm
The letter’s been sealed
     G MajorG
You gave me a lily
    A minorAm
But now it’s a field


Outro:
     A minorAm
You kick off your sandals
     A minorAm
And shake out your hair
      G MajorG
It’s torn where you’re dancing
      A minorAm
It’s torn everywhere

Its Torn chords

"It's Torn" is a song from Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen's fifteenth and final album, "Thanks for the Dance". The album was released posthumous in November 2019.