Songs Of Leonard Cohen chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

TRACKLIST

1. Suzanne
2. Master Song
3. Winter Lady
4. The Stranger Song
5. Sisters of Mercy
6. So Long, Marianne
7. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
8. Stories of the Street
9. Teachers
10. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong

1. Suzanne


Verse 1:

  E MajorE
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
    F# minorF#m
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her
     E MajorE
And you know that she's half-crazy, but that's why you wanna be there
     G# minorG#m                A augmentedA
And she feeds you tea & oranges that come all the way from China
     E MajorE                 F# minorF#m
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
     E MajorE                F# minorF#m
Then she gets you on her wavelength & she lets the river answer
       E MajorE
That you've always been her lover


Chorus:

     G# minorG#m               A augmentedA
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
     E MajorE
And you know that she will trust you,
       F# minorF#m                E MajorE
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind


Verse 2:

   E MajorE
And Jesus was a sailor, when he walked upon the water
    F# minorF#m
And he spent a long time watching, from his lonely wooden tower
   E MajorE
And when he knew for certain, only drowning men could see him
     G# minorG#m              A augmentedA
he said 'All men will be sailors then, until the sea shall free them
   E MajorE              F# minorF#m
But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open
  E MajorE          F# minorF#m               E MajorE
Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

Chorus:

     G# minorG#m               A augmentedA
And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind
     E MajorE
And you think maybe you'll trust him
      F# minorF#m                E MajorE
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.


Verse 3:

  E MajorE
Now Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
    F# minorF#m
She is wearing rags and feathers, from Salvation Army counters
    E MajorE
And the sun pours down like honey, on our lady of the harbour
    G# minorG#m                A augmentedA
And she shows you where to look, among the garbage and the flowers
     E MajorE                F# minorF#m
There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
    E MajorE                 F# minorF#m
They are leaning out for love, and they will lean that way forever
    E MajorE
While Suzanne holds the mirror


Chorus:

      G# minorG#m                       A augmentedA
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
     E MajorE
And you know that you can trust her,
       F# minorF#m               E MajorE
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind

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2. Master Song


Capo 3rd fret

Intro:

E minorEm G+G
E minorEm G+G

Verse 1:

   FF             E minorEm
I believe that you heard your master sing
  FF       E minorEm
when I was sick in bed.
   FF           E minorEm
I suppose that he told you everything
    FF           E minorEm
that I keep locked away in my head.
   FF        A minorAm
Your master took you travelling,
     C majorC           D MajorD
well at least that's what you said.
   G+G   G/F#   G+G   G/F#
And now do you come back to bring
   C majorC        BB
your prisoner wine and bread?

E minorEm G+G

Verse 2:

   FF        E minorEm
You met him at some temple, where
   FF            E minorEm
they take your clothes at the door.
    FF        E minorEm
He was just a numberless man in a chair
 FF              E minorEm
who'd just come back from the war.
    FF         A minorAm
And you wrap up his tired face in your hair
    C majorC          D MajorD
and he hands you the apple core.
     G+G      G/F#    G+G     G/F#
Then he touches your lips now so suddenly bare
      C majorC              BB
of all the kisses we put on some time before.

E minorEm G+G

Verse 3:

    FF         E minorEm
And he gave you a German Shepherd to walk
    FF           E minorEm
with a collar of leather and nails,
    FF            E minorEm
and he never once made you explain or talk
   FF          E minorEm
about all of the little details,
     FF         A minorAm
such as who had a word and who had a rock,
  C majorC            D MajorD
and who had you through the mails.
     G+G    G/F#    G+G    G/F#
Now your love is a secret all over the block,
    C majorC                   BB
and it never stops not even when your master fails

E minorEm G+G

Verse 4:
    FF         E minorEm
And he took you up in his aeroplane,
     FF        E minorEm
which he flew without any hands,
     FF        E minorEm
and you cruised above the ribbons of rain
   FF             E minorEm
that drove the crowd from the stands.
     FF           A minorAm
Then he killed the lights in a lonely Lane
    C majorC        D MajorD
and, an ape with angel glands,
 G+G    G/F#  G+G    G/F#
erased the final wisps of pain
     C majorC        BB
with the music of rubber bands.

E minorEm G+G

Verse 5:

   FF       E minorEm
And now I hear your master sing,
   FF        E minorEm
you kneel for him to come.
   FF     E minorEm
His body is a golden string
      FF        E minorEm
that your body is hanging from.
  FF     A minorAm
His body is a golden string,
  C majorC       D MajorD
my body has grown numb.
  G+G   G/F#    G+G   G/F#
Oh now you hear your master sing,
    C majorC       BB
your shirt is all undone.

E minorEm G+G

Verse 6:

   FF        E minorEm
And will you kneel beside this bed
    FF         E minorEm
that we polished so long ago,
 FF         E minorEm
before your master chose instead
 FF        E minorEm
to make my bed of snow?
   FF            A minorAm
Your eyes are wild and your knuckles are red
       C majorC        D MajorD
and you're speaking far too low.
   G+G    G/F#      G+G   G/F#
No I can't make out what your master said
 C majorC        BB
before he made you go.

E minorEm G+G

Verse 7:

    FF          E minorEm
Then I think you're playing far too rough
    FF           E minorEm
for a lady who's been to the moon;
   FF          E minorEm
I've lain by this window long enough
    FF        E minorEm
to get used to an empty room.
     FF           A minorAm
And your love is some dust in an old man's cough
    C majorC           D MajorD
who is tapping his foot to a tune,
      G+G     G/F#   G+G    G/F#
and your thighs are a ruin, you want too much,
    C majorC               BB
let's say you came back some time too soon.

E minorEm G+G

Verse 8:

  FF        E minorEm
I loved your master perfectly
  FF           E minorEm
I taught him all that he knew.
    FF           E minorEm
He was starving in some deep mystery
    FF            E minorEm
like a man who is sure what is true.
    FF          A minorAm
And I sent you to him with my guarantee
     C majorC          D MajorD
I could teach him something new,
    G+G    G/F#      G+G   G/F#
and I taught him how you would long for me
  C majorC                    BB
no matter what he said no matter what you'd do.

E minorEm G+G

Verse 9:

  FF             E minorEm
I believe that you heard your master sing
   FF       E minorEm
while I was sick in bed,
   FF           E minorEm
I'm sure that he told you everything
    FF           E minorEm
I must keep locked away in my head.
   FF        A minorAm
Your master took you travelling,
     C majorC          D MajorD
well at least that's what you said,
   G+G   G/F#   G+G    G/F#
And now do you come back to bring
    C majorC         BB
your prisoner wine and bread?

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3. Winter Lady

This song contains pretty unusual chords, so I'll tab them:
D11D11+: x 5 4 0 3 x
D11/A: x 0 4 0 3 x

Intro:

Amaj7Amaj7 D11D11+

Verse 1:

D11D11+   Amaj7Amaj7 D11D11+   C majorC
Traveling lady  stay awhile
 D11D11+   Amaj7Amaj7  D11D11+
Until the night is over
  D11D11+  Amaj7Amaj7 D11D11+   C majorC
I'm just a station on your way
  D11D11+   Amaj7Amaj7   D11D11+
I know I am not your lover

Chorus 1:

    D11/A     Am7Am7
Well, I lived with a child of snow
D11/A     Am7Am7
When I was a soldier
   D11/A     Am7Am7
And I fought every man for her
 D11/A        Am7Am7
Until the nights grew colder

Verse 2:

  D11D11+  Amaj7Amaj7  D11D11+   C majorC
She used to wear her hair like you
  D11D11+   Amaj7Amaj7   D11D11+
Except when she was sleeping
  D11D11+    Amaj7Amaj7  D11D11+  C majorC
And then she'd weave it on a loom
  D11D11+   Amaj7Amaj7   D11D11+
Of smoke and gold and breathing

Chorus 2:

  D11/A      Am7Am7
And why are you so quiet now
 D11/A         Am7Am7
Standing there in the doorway?
  D11/A       Am7Am7
You chose your journey long before
  D11/A      Am7Am7
You came upon this highway

Verse 3:

D11D11+   Amaj7Amaj7 D11D11+ C majorC
Traveling lady stay awhile
 D11D11+   Amaj7Amaj7  D11D11+
Until the night is over
  D11D11+  Amaj7Amaj7 D11D11+   C majorC
I'm just a station on your way
 D11D11+   Amaj7Amaj7   D11D11+
I know I am not your lover

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4. The Stranger Song


Tuning: down one tone (D MajorD G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD)

Intro:

F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m

Verse 1:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A        C majorC    D/AD/A    A augmentedA
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
                 E MajorE
Who said they were through with dealing
              F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Every time you gave them shelter
  E MajorE       Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
I know that kind of man
       F# minorF#m      F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Who is reaching for the sky  just to surrender
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender

Verse 2:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A        C majorC    D/AD/A    A augmentedA
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
                 E MajorE
You find he did not leave you very much
     F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Not even laughter
   E MajorE      Esus4Esus4 E MajorE       F# minorF#m
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
   F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m    E MajorE
That is so high and wild
          E MajorE Esus4Esus4  F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
He'll never need to deal another
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

Verse 3:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A        C majorC    D/AD/A
And then leaning on your window sill
   A augmentedA
He'll say one day you caused his will
  E MajorE                  F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
     E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
And then taking from his wallet
    F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
    E MajorE     Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
I told you when I came I was a stranger
    E MajorE     Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
I told you when I came I was a stranger

Verse 4:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A     C majorC    D/AD/A
But now another stranger seems
  A augmentedA
To want you to ignore his dreams
  E MajorE                  F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
As though they were the burden of some other
     E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
O you've seen that man before
     F# minorF#m       F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
His golden arm dispatching cards
       E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter

Verse 5:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A      C majorC    D/AD/A   A augmentedA
Ah you hate to watch another tired man

Lay down his hand
       E MajorE              F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Like he was giving up the holy game of
  E MajorE
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
   F# minorF#m       F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
You notice there's a highway
    E MajorE         EsusEsus  E MajorE    F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
    E MajorE         EsusEsus  E MajorE    F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder

Verse 6:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A      C majorC    D/AD/A
You tell him to come in sit down
  A augmentedA
But something makes you turn around
   E MajorE               F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F#F#
The door is open you can't close your shelter
   E MajorE       EsusEsus  E MajorE
You try the handle of the road
 F# minorF#m      F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
It opens do not be afraid
   E MajorE       EsusEsus  E MajorE    F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
   E MajorE       EsusEsus  E MajorE    F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
It's you my love, you who are the stranger

Verse 7:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A      C majorC    D/AD/A
Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
   A augmentedA                   E MajorE
We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
              F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
I think it's time to board another
 E MajorE         EsusEsus  E MajorE        F# minorF#m
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m    E MajorE
To get me to the heart of this
 EsusEsus E MajorE   F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Or any other matter
   E MajorE       EsusEsus  E MajorE    F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
When he talks like this you don't know what he's after
   E MajorE       EsusEsus  E MajorE    F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after

Verse 8:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A      C majorC    D/AD/A
Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
 A augmentedA
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
   E MajorE                 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
That they are building on some endless river
     E MajorE
Then he leaves the platform
Esus4Esus4 E MajorE     F# minorF#m
For the sleeping car that's warm
   F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m  E MajorE  Esus4Esus4   E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
And you say okay the bridge or someplace later

Verse 9:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A        C majorC    D/AD/A    A augmentedA
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
                 E MajorE
You find he did not leave you very much
     F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Not even laughter
   E MajorE      Esus4Esus4 E MajorE       F# minorF#m
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
   F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m    E MajorE
That is so high and wild
          E MajorE Esus4Esus4  F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
He'll never need to deal another
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
    E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

Verse 10:

F# minorF#m  D/AD/A        C majorC    D/AD/A
And then leaning on your window sill
   A augmentedA
He'll say one day you caused his will
  E MajorE                  F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
     E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
And then taking from his wallet
    F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
    E MajorE     Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger
    E MajorE     Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger
    E MajorE     Esus4Esus4 E MajorE      F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger

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5. Sisters of Mercy


Capo on 2nd fret


Verse 1:

    A augmentedA     D MajorD     A augmentedA     E MajorE     A augmentedA   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Oh the Sisters of Mercy they are not departed or gone
     C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m    C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m      E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on
     D MajorD        A augmentedA      G+G     F# minorF#m       E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song
   A augmentedA      D MajorD     A augmentedA        E MajorE      A augmentedA   D MajorD
Oh I hope you run into them you who've been traveling so long

D MajorD  E MajorE

Verse 2:

  A augmentedA       D MajorD     A augmentedA       E MajorE      A augmentedA   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Yes you who must leave everything that you cannot control
   C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m     C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m     E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
It begins with your family, but soon it comes round to your soul
     D MajorD         A augmentedA     G+G      F# minorF#m      E MajorE   Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Well I've been where you're hanging I think I can see how you're pinned
       A augmentedA     D MajorD     A augmentedA     E MajorE        A augmentedA    D MajorD
When you're not feeling holy your loneliness says that you've sinned

D MajorD  E MajorE

Verse 3:

     A augmentedA     D MajorD     A augmentedA  E MajorE      A augmentedA   D MajorD  A augmentedA
They lay down beside me I made my confession to them
   C# minorC#m       G# minorG#m    C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m     E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
They touched both my eyes and I touched the dew on their hem
    D MajorD     A augmentedA       G+G      F# minorF#m     E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn
     A augmentedA       D MajorD       A augmentedA      E MajorE     A augmentedA   D MajorD
They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem

D MajorD  E MajorE

Verse 4:

    A augmentedA        D MajorD     A augmentedA      E MajorE    A augmentedA   D MajorD  A augmentedA
When I left they were sleeping I hope you run into them soon
   C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m      C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m     E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Dont turn on the lights you can read their address by the moon
    D MajorD       A augmentedA      G+G       F# minorF#m      E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
And you won't make me jealous if I hear that they sweetened your night

D MajorD  E MajorE
      A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA       E MajorE      A augmentedA
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right
      A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA       E MajorE      A augmentedA
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right

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6. So Long, Marianne


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            Esus4Esus4 E MajorE E7E7
and then the angels forget to pray for us


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 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:

  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 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:

  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 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:

  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 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:

  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

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7. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye


Capo on 1st fret

Intro:

E MajorE

Verse 1:

  E MajorE        A augmentedA
I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
   F# minorF#m
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
   D MajorD
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
  A augmentedA
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
  F# minorF#m
but now it's come to distances and both of us must try,
   D MajorD
your eyes are soft with sorrow,

Chorus:

E MajorE               A augmentedA E MajorE
Hey, that's no way to say good bye.

Verse 2:

    A augmentedA
I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time,
F# minorF#m
walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
D MajorD
you know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
   A augmentedA
it's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
  F# minorF#m
but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
   D MajorD
your eyes are soft with sorrow,

Chorus:

E MajorE               A augmentedA E MajorE
Hey, that's no way to say good bye.

Verse 3:

 A augmentedA
I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
   F# minorF#m
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
   D MajorD
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
  A augmentedA
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
  F# minorF#m
but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
   D MajorD
your eyes are soft with sorrow,

Chorus:

E MajorE               A augmentedA E MajorE
Hey, that's no way to say good bye.

E MajorE

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8. Stories of The Street


Intro:

 A minorAm

Verse 1:

   A minorAm       C majorC          E minor 7Em7      B minorBm
The stories of the street are mine, the Spanish voices laugh
A minorAm         C majorC            E minor 7Em7         B minorBm
The Cadillacs go creeping now through the night and the poison gas
  A minorAm       FF         G+G   F#F#   BB
And I lean from my window sill in this old hotel I chose
  E MajorE        A augmentedA    E MajorE        D MajorD   A augmentedA   A minorAm
Yes one hand on my suicide, one hand on the rose

Verse 2:

 A minorAm           C majorC      E minor 7Em7      B minorBm
I know you've heard it's over now and war must surely come
   A minorAm       C majorC           E minorEm       B minorBm
The cities they are broke in half and the middle men are gone
  A minorAm       FF        G+G    F#F#   BB
But let me ask you one more time, o children of the dusk
     E MajorE        A augmentedA         E MajorE        D MajorD   A augmentedA   A minorAm
All these hunters who are shrieking now oh do they speak for us?

Verse 3:

   A minorAm        C majorC          E minor 7Em7  B minorBm
And where do all these highways go, now that we are free?
  A minorAm       C majorC            E minor 7Em7      B minorBm
Why are the armies marching still that were coming home to me?
  A minorAm       FF       G+G     F#F#   BB
O lady with your legs so fine, o stranger at your wheel
     E MajorE        A augmentedA          E MajorE        D MajorD   A augmentedA   A minorAm
You are locked into your suffering and your pleasures are the seal

Verse 4:

  A minorAm       C majorC         E minor 7Em7       B minorBm
The age of lust is giving birth, and both the parents ask
  A minorAm         C majorC       E minor 7Em7        B minorBm
The nurse to tell them fairy tales on both sides of the glass
  A minorAm       FF        G+G     F#F#   BB
And now the infant with his cord is hauled in like a kite
  E MajorE          A augmentedA      E MajorE         D MajorD   A augmentedA   A minorAm
And one eye filled with blueprints, one eye filled with night

Verse 5:

 A minorAm       C majorC      E minor 7Em7        B minorBm
O come with me my little one, we will find that farm
  A minorAm         C majorC        E minor 7Em7         B minorBm
And grow us grass and apples there and keep all the animals warm
  A minorAm       FF          G+G    F#F#  BB
And if by chance I wake at night and I ask you who I am
 E MajorE        A augmentedA           E MajorE          D MajorD   A augmentedA   A minorAm
O take me to the slaughterhouse, I will wait there with the lamb

Verse 6:

   A minorAm       C majorC      E minor 7Em7       B minorBm
With one hand on the hexagram and one hand on the girl
 A minorAm      C majorC         E minor 7Em7       B minorBm
I balance on a wishing well that all men call the world
  A minorAm       FF         G+G   F#F#     BB
We are so small between the stars, so large against the sky
  E MajorE        A augmentedA        E MajorE        D MajorD   A augmentedA   A minorAm
And lost among the subway crowds I try to catch your eye

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9. Teachers


Intro:

B minorBm

Verse 1:

 B minorBm      G+G
I met a woman long ago
   B minorBm         G+G
Her hair the black that black can go
   B minorBm          G+G
Are you a teacher of the heart?
 B minorBm
Soft she answered no

B minorBm

Verse 2:

 B minorBm      G+G
I met a girl across the sea
   B minorBm         G+G
Her hair the gold that gold can be
  B minorBm      G+G
Are you a teacher of the heart?
 B minorBm
Yes, but not for thee

B minorBm

Verse 3:

 B minorBm       G+G
I met a man who lost his mind
  B minorBm         G+G
In some lost place I had to find
B minorBm       G+G    B minorBm
Follow me the wise man said

But he walked behind

B minorBm

Verse 4:

  B minorBm      G+G
I walked into a hospital
    B minorBm        G+G
Where none was sick and none was well
B minorBm         G+G
When at night the nurses left
  B minorBm
I could not walk at all

B minorBm

Verse 5:

B minorBm        G+G
Morning came and then came noon
B minorBm       G+G
Dinner time a scalpel blade
B minorBm       G+G   B minorBm
Lay beside my silver spoon

B minorBm

Verse 6:

B minorBm         G+G
Some girls wander by mistake
 B minorBm         G+G
Into the mess that scalpels make
  B minorBm        G+G
Are you the teachers of my heart?
  B minorBm
We teach old hearts to break

B minorBm

Verse 7:

  B minorBm       G+G
One morning I woke up alone
   B minorBm        G+G
The hospital and the nurses gone
 B minorBm       G+G
Have I carved enough my Lord?
 B minorBm
Child, you are a bone

B minorBm

Verse 8:

 B minorBm        G+G
I ate and ate and ate
   B minorBm       G+G
No I did not miss a plate, well
 B minorBm        G+G
How much do these suppers cost?
   B minorBm
We'll take it out in hate

B minorBm

Verse 9:

  B minorBm       G+G
I spent my hatred everyplace
  B minorBm      G+G
On every work on every face
B minorBm        G+G
Someone gave me wishes
   B minorBm
And I wished for an embrace

B minorBm

Verse 10:

B minorBm        G+G       B minorBm
Several girls embraced me, then
     G+G
I was embraced by men
B minorBm       G+G
Is my passion perfect?
  B minorBm
No, do it once again

B minorBm

Verse 11:

B minorBm       G+G
I was handsome I was strong
  B minorBm        G+G
I knew the words of every song
B minorBm       G+G
Did my singing please you?
     B minorBm
No, the words you sang were wrong

B minorBm

Verse 12:

B minorBm       G+G
Who is it whom I address
B minorBm         G+G
Who takes down what I confess?
  B minorBm        G+G
Are you the teachers of my heart?
  B minorBm
We teach old hearts to rest

B minorBm

Verse 13:

  B minorBm       G+G
Oh teachers are my lessons done?
 B minorBm     G+G
I cannot do another one
   B minorBm            G+G
They laughed and laughed and said, Well child
B minorBm
Are your lessons done?
B minorBm
Are your lessons done?
B minorBm
Are your lessons done?

B minorBm
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10. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong


Intro:

A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA

Verse 1:

 A augmentedA         B minorBm   B minorBm
 I lit a thin green candle
 D MajorD      D MajorD     A augmentedA  A augmentedA
 to make you jealous of me
     A augmentedA        A augmentedA      B minorBm    B minorBm
 but the room just filled up with mosquitoes
    D MajorD      D MajorD     E MajorE    E MajorE
 they heard that my body was free.
    F# minorF#m    F# minorF#m    C# minorC#m      C# minorC#m
 Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night
    D MajorD     D MajorD      A augmentedA   A augmentedA
 and I put it in your little shoe
   B minorBm     B minorBm     G+G       G+G
 and then I confess that I tortured the dress
      B minorBm      A augmentedA       G+G     G+G
 that you wore for the world to look through.


 A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA

Verse 2:

  A augmentedA     A augmentedA      B minorBm   B minorBm
 I showed my heart to the doctor
 D MajorD      D MajorD      A augmentedA   A augmentedA
 he said I'd just have to quit
   A augmentedA      A augmentedA     B minorBm    B minorBm
 then he wrote himself a perscription
   D MajorD       D MajorD      E MajorE    E MajorE
 and your name was mentioned in it.
   F# minorF#m     F# minorF#m    C# minorC#m   C# minorC#m
 Then he locked himself in a library shelf
      D MajorD     D MajorD    A augmentedA   A augmentedA
 with the details of our honeymoon
    B minorBm      B minorBm
 and I hear from the nurse
      G+G      G+G
 that he's gotten much worse
     B minorBm     A augmentedA    G+G   G+G
 and his practice is all in a ruin.


 A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA

Verse 3:

  A augmentedA      A augmentedA       B minorBm    B minorBm
 I heard of a saint who had loved you
    D MajorD      D MajorD      A augmentedA    A augmentedA
 So I studied all night in his school
   A augmentedA        A augmentedA    B minorBm    B minorBm
 he taught that the duty of lovers
    D MajorD      D MajorD   E MajorE    E MajorE
 is to tarnish the golden rule.
     F# minorF#m    F# minorF#m
 And just when I was sure
      C# minorC#m      C# minorC#m
 that his teachings were pure
   D MajorD     D MajorD      A augmentedA    A augmentedA
 he drowned himself in the pool
   B minorBm   B minorBm      G+G      G+G
 his body is gone but back here on the lawn
   B minorBm     A augmentedA    G+G   G+G
 his spirit continues to drool.

 A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA

Verse 4:

   A augmentedA   A augmentedA      B minorBm   B minorBm
 An Eskimo showed me a movie
    D MajorD    D MajorD    A augmentedA   A augmentedA
 he'd recently taken of you
   A augmentedA       A augmentedA      B minorBm    B minorBm
 the poor man could hardly stop shivering,
   D MajorD      D MajorD      E MajorE    E MajorE
 his lips and his fingers were blue.
  F# minorF#m       F# minorF#m
I suppose that he froze
      C# minorC#m      C# minorC#m
 when the wind took your clothes
    D MajorD       D MajorD     A augmentedA
 and I guess he just never got warm
     B minorBm       B minorBm      G+G      G+G
 but you stand there so nice in your blizzard of ice
      B minorBm     A augmentedA    G+G   G+G
 o, please let me come into the storm.

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Ending:

 A augmentedA A augmentedA B minorBm B minorBm D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA
 A augmentedA A augmentedA B minorBm B minorBm D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE E MajorE
 F# minorF#m F# minorF#m C# minorC#m C# minorC#m D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA
 B minorBm B minorBm G+G G+G B minorBm A augmentedA G+G G+G
 A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA

 A augmentedA A augmentedA B minorBm B minorBm D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA
 A augmentedA A augmentedA B minorBm B minorBm D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE E MajorE
 F# minorF#m F# minorF#m C# minorC#m C# minorC#m D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA