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Samson In New Orleans chords by Leonard Cohen

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  • Capo on 1st
Capo on 1st fret

Intro:
Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC

Verse 1:
Chord diagramC majorC
You said that you were with me, you said you were my friend
           Chord diagramFF                        Chord diagramC majorC
Did you really love the city or did you just pretend?
Chord diagramA minorAm                        Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramC majorC
You said you loved her secrets and her freedoms hid away
          Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramG7G7               Chord diagramC majorC
She was better than America, that's what I heard you say

Verse 2:
Chord diagramC majorC
You said how could this happen, you said how can this be
     Chord diagramFF                             Chord diagramC majorC
The remnant all dishonored on the bridge of misery
Chord diagramA minorAm                 Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramC majorC
And we who cried for mercy from the bottom of the pit
        Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramG7G7              Chord diagramC majorC
Was our prayer so damn unworthy the Son rejected it?

Chorus:
Chord diagramE7E7          Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramC majorC
So gather up the killers, get everyone in town
Chord diagramE7E7              Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramC majorC
Stand me by those pillars, let me take this temple down
Chord diagramE7E7                  Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramC majorC
The king so kind and solemn, he wears a bloody crown
Chord diagramE7E7               Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramC majorC
So stand me by that column, let me take this temple down

Instrumental:
Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC

Verse 3:
Chord diagramC majorC
You said how could this happen, you said how can this be
          Chord diagramFF                           Chord diagramC majorC
The chains are gone from heaven, the storms are wild and free
Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC
There's other ways to answer, that certainly is true
         Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramG7G7                       Chord diagramC majorC
Me, I'm blind with death and anger and that's no place for you

Chorus:
Chord diagramE7E7                     Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
There's a woman in the window, there's a bed in tinsel town
Chord diagramE7E7                     Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
I'll write you when it's over, let me take this temple down
Chord diagramE7E7                     Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
You said you loved her secrets, her freedoms hid away
Chord diagramE7E7                     Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramC majorC

Samson In New Orleans chords

"Samson in New Orleans" is a song from Canadian poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen's 13th album, "Popular Problems". The album was released in 2014 and was to be his second to last studio album.

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