Its Torn chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
 A minorAm
I see you in windows
   A minorAm
That open so wide
     G+G
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+G
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+G
The river too shallow
   A minorAm
The ocean too deep


Verse 4:
   A minorAm
You smile at your suffering
   A minorAm
The sweetest reprieve
 G+G
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+G
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+G
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+G
The sea rushes home
     A minorAm
To its thimble of mist


Verse 9:
    A minorAm
The opposites falter
   A minorAm
The spirals reverse
   G+G
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The worlds are withdrawn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+G
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+G
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+G
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.