The Smokey Life chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
A augmentedA      A/GA/G     F#m7F#m7     F13F13
A augmentedA      A/GA/G     F#m7F#m7     F13F13
E MajorE      E MajorE  F#m/E  E7E7  A/EA/E  Bm/E E MajorE

Verse:
A augmentedA       A/GA/G  F#m7F#m7    F13F13
I've never seen your eyes so wide
   A augmentedA           A/GA/G    F#m7F#m7   F13F13   E minorEm
I've never seen your appetite quite this occupied
D MajorD   Dm7Dm7     A augmentedA    G#dimG#dim A augmentedA   E7/G#  A augmentedA   E7/G#
Elsewhere is your feast of love, I know
   A augmentedA    A/GA/G   F#m7F#m7    F13F13
Long ago we agreed to keep it light
  A augmentedA     A/GA/G  F#m7F#m7   F13F13  E minorEm
So let's be married one more night

Chorus:
D MajorD     Dm7Dm7    A augmentedA   E7/G#
It's light, light enough
      A augmentedA   E7/G#  A augmentedA   E7/G#
To let it go
  D MajorD  Dm7Dm7 A augmentedA   G#dimG#dim
It's light enough
      A augmentedA  Bm7Bm7 C majorC
To let it go

Post-Chorus:
C#C#                 F# minorF#m  B7B7  F# minorF#m  B7B7
Remember when the scenery started fading
C#C#                   F# minorF#m  B7B7  F# minorF#m  B7B7
I held you 'til you learned to walk on air
D MajorD         E/D
So don't look down, the ground is gone
        C#m7C#m7   F# minorF#m
There's no one waving anyway
   BB       Bm7Bm7   E MajorE
The smokey life is practiced everywhere

Verse:
A augmentedA      A/GA/G     F#m7F#m7    F13F13
So set your restless heart at ease
A augmentedA      A/GA/G    F#m7F#m7    F13F13  E minorEm
Take a lesson from these autumn leaves
D MajorD      Dm7Dm7  A augmentedA    G#dimG#dim  A augmentedA   E7/G#  A augmentedA   E7/G#
They waste no time waiting for the snow
A augmentedA    A/GA/G   F#m7F#m7    F13F13
Don't argue now or you'll be late
A augmentedA    A/GA/G   F#m7F#m7    F13F13  E minorEm
There's nothing to investigate

Chorus:
D MajorD     Dm7Dm7    A augmentedA   E7/G#
It's light, light enough
      A augmentedA   E7/G#  A augmentedA   E7/G#
To let it go
  D MajorD  Dm7Dm7 A augmentedA   G#dimG#dim
It's light enough
      A augmentedA  Bm7Bm7 C majorC
To let it go

Post-Chorus:
C#C#                 F# minorF#m  B7B7  F# minorF#m  B7B7
Remember when the scenery started fading
C#C#                   F# minorF#m  B7B7  F# minorF#m  B7B7
I held you 'til you learned to walk on air
D MajorD         E/D
So don't look down, the ground is gone
        C#m7C#m7   F# minorF#m
There's no one waving anyway
   BB       Bm7Bm7   E MajorE
The smokey life is practiced everywhere

Verse:
 A augmentedA    A/GA/G   F#m7F#m7    F13F13
Come on back if the moment lends
     A augmentedA      A/GA/G   F#m7F#m7    F13F13  E minorEm
You can look up all my very closest friends

Final Chorus:
D MajorD     Dm7Dm7    A augmentedA   E7/G#
Light, light enough
      A augmentedA   E7/G#  A augmentedA   E7/G#
To let it go
  D MajorD  Dm7Dm7 A augmentedA   G#dimG#dim
It's light enough
      A augmentedA   A/GA/G  F#m7F#m7  F13F13  A augmentedA
To let it go

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Chords in the intro can be played like this:

  A augmentedA      A/GA/G     F#m7F#m7    F13F13
  |   .   |   .   |   .   |   .
E MajorE|--0-----------0-----------2-----------1-----------|
BB|--2-----------2-----------2-----------3-----------|
G+G|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--0-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------3-----------2-----------1-----------|  (2x)


  E MajorE      E MajorE   F#m/E E7E7  A/EA/E  Bm/E E MajorE
  |   .   |   .   |   .   |   .
E MajorE|--0-----------4-----5-----7-----9-----10----12----|
BB|--0-----------5-----7-----9-----10----12----12----|
G+G|--1-----------4-----6-----7-----9-----11----13----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|