So Long Marianne chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

SO LONG MARIANNE
Leonard Cohen

[Verse 1]
   A augmentedA                B minorBm
Come over to the window, my little darling
D MajorD               A augmentedA
I'd like to try to read your palm
G+G                  D MajorD
I used to think I was some sort of gypsy boy
F# minorF#m             E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE E7E7
  before I let you take me home

[Chorus]
  A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
Now so long, Marianne,  It's time that we began
  E MajorE  Esus4Esus4   E MajorE E7E7   E MajorE Esus4Esus4    E MajorE   E7E7   A augmentedA    Asus4Asus4
to laugh   and cry  and cry   and laugh about it all again

[Verse 2]
     A augmentedA         B minorBm
Well you know that I love to live with you
D MajorD                A augmentedA
 but you make me forget so very much
G+G             D MajorD
 I forget to pray for the angels
       F# minorF#m            E MajorE sus4 E MajorE E7E7
and then the angels forget to pray for us

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
  A augmentedA        B minorBm
We met when we were almost young
D MajorD             A augmentedA
 deep in the green lilac park
G+G                D MajorD
 You held on to me like I was a crucifix
F# minorF#m                 E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE E7E7
  as we went kneeling through the dark

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]
   A augmentedA                 B minorBm
Your letters they all say that you're beside me now
D MajorD            A augmentedA
 then why do I feel so alone
G+G                 D MajorD
 I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
  F# minorF#m           E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE E7E7
is fastening my ankle to a stone

[Chorus]

[Verse 5]
   A augmentedA       B minorBm
For now I need your hidden love
D MajorD             A augmentedA
 I'm cold as a new razor blade
G+G                D MajorD
 You left when I told you I was curious
F# minorF#m             E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE E7E7
  I never said that I was brave

[Chorus]

[Verse 6]
   A augmentedA           B minorBm
Oh, you are really such a pretty one
D MajorD                  A augmentedA
 I see you've gone and changed your name again
G+G               D MajorD
 And just when I climbed this whole mountainside
  F# minorF#m           E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE E7E7
to wash my eyelids in the rain

[Chorus]

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[I found this extra verse written out somewhere. Not on the original recording from the Best Of... Disc]

  A augmentedA          B minorBm
Oh, your eyes, well, I forget your eyes
D MajorD               A augmentedA
 your body's at home in every sea
G+G               D MajorD
 How come you gave away your news to everyone
F# minorF#m               E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE E7E7
  that you said was a secret to me

So Long Marianne chords

"So long Marianne" is a early Cohen song from the 60s. It is about Norwegian girl Marianne who he met on a Greek island.

Cohen brought Marianne back to her native Oslo. They would eventually end up living together in Cohen's Montreal.