The Night Of Santiago chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

Intro - Lead Guitar:
  DmDm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---2h3p2p0h2---0h2p0-------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------3--2--3--2h3p2h3p2----------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------3--3/5\3-----------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
 C5C5
She said she was a maiden
   C5C5
That wasn't what I heard
     C5C5
For the sake of conversation
  C5C5
I took  her  at her word

Verse 2:
   C majorC
The lights went out behind us
   Cmaj7Cmaj7
The fireflies undressed
   C majorC
The broken sidewalk ended
  Am7Am7
I touched her sleeping breasts

Verse 3:
    C majorC
They opened to me urgently
   E minor 7Em7
Like lilies from the dead
 C majorC
Behind a fine embroidery
   Am7Am7
Her nipples rose like bread
   C majorC
Then I took off my necktie
  E minor 7Em7
And she took off her dress
  C majorC
My belt and pistol set aside
  Am7Am7
We tore away the rest

Interlude - Spanish Guitar:

e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|---2---4--4h5p4\2---4---5~------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
   C majorC
The night of Santiago
  FF        C majorC
And I was passing through
   C majorC    FF    C majorC
So I took her to the river
  FF      C majorC
As any man would do

Verse 2:
   C majorC
Her thighs they slipped away from me
    C majorC
Like schools of startled fish
    C majorC
Though I've forgotten half my life
      C majorC
I still remember this
   C majorC
Now, as a man I won't repeat
   C majorC
The things she said aloud
      C majorC
Except for this, my lips are sealed forever
     C majorC
And for now

Pre-Chorus:
   C majorC
And soon there's sand in every kiss
   E minor 7Em7
And soon the dawn is ready
   C majorC
And soon the night surrenders
    Am7Am7
To a daffodil machete
  C majorC
I gave her something pretty
    E minor 7Em7
And I waited till she laughed
  C majorC
I wasn't born a gypsy
  Am7Am7
To make a woman sad

Interlude - Spanish Guitar:

e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|---2---4--4h5p4\2---4---5~------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
   C majorC
The night of Santiago
  FF        C majorC
And I was passing through
   C majorC    FF    C majorC
So I took her to the river
  FF      C majorC
As any man would do
   C majorC
The night of Santiago
  FF        C majorC
And I was passing through
   C majorC    FF    C majorC
So I took her to the river
  FF      C majorC
As any man would do

Interlude - Spanish Guitar:
                  FF     C majorC
e|-----------------------------|-------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|----1--1--1---1----|
G+G|---2---4--4h5p4\2---4---5~---|----2--2--2---0----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------|----3--3--3---2----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|----3--3--3---3----|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|-------------------|

                  FF     C majorC
e|-----------------------------|-------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|----1--1--1---1----|
G+G|---2---4--4h5p4\2---4---5~---|----2--2--2---0----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------|----3--3--3---2----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|----3--3--3---3----|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|-------------------|
                  FF     C majorC
e|-----------------------------|-------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|----1--1--1---1----|
G+G|---2---4--4h5p4\2---4---5~---|----2--2--2---0----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------|----3--3--3---2----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|----3--3--3---3----|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|-------------------|
           FF       C majorC
e|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------1-------------1---------------|
G+G|-------------------2-------------0---------------|
D MajorD|---/5---3--2--3----3---0---------2---------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------3-------3--2--3---------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2:
  C majorC
I didn't fall in love of course
    C majorC
It's never up to you
   C majorC
But she was walking back and forth
  C majorC
And I was passing through

    BdimBdim
When I took her to the river
    BdimBdim
In her virginal apparel
    BdimBdim      G7G7
When I took her to the river
     G7G7
On that night of Santiago
   C5C5
And yes she lied about it all
    C5C5
Her children and her husband
 C5C5
You were born to judge the world
  C5C5
Forgive me but I wasn't

Chorus:
   C majorC
The night of Santiago
  FF        C majorC
And I was passing through
   C majorC    FF    C majorC
So I took her to the river
  FF      C majorC
As any man would do
   C majorC
The night of Santiago
  FF        C majorC
And I was passing through
   C majorC    FF    C majorC
So I took her to the river
  FF      C majorC
As any man would do

Outro:
   C majorC
The night of Santiago
  FF        C majorC
And I was passing through
   C majorC    FF    C majorC
So I took her to the river
  FF      C majorC
As any man would do
   C majorC
The night of Santiago
  FF        C majorC
And I was passing through
   C majorC    FF    C majorC
So I took her to the river
  FF      C majorC
As any man would do