I Left A Woman Waiting Chords by Leonard Cohen

I Left A Woman Waiting chords by Leonard Cohen (Ver. 2)

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

G C F G F
C F G F G


Verse 1:

C  F                   G F G C
 I left a woman waiting
C      F                 G F G F
 I met her sometime later
F     Em    G          C     F       C  F   C
 She said, "I see your eyes are dead

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Chorus:

C   Em      Dm               F G
What happened to you, lover?
G                C             Em Am
What happened to you, my lover?
Am               Dm          G
What happened to you, lover?
G                  C    F G F G
What happened to you?"


Solo:

C F G F G


Verse 2:

C          F                 G       F G C
 And since she spoke the truth to me
C  F              G          F G F
 I tried to answer truthfully
F         Em        Dm        C F C
 "Whatever happened to my eyes

F  C


Chorus:

C                Dm      F G
Happened to your beauty
G                C      Am
Happened to your beauty
Am                    Dm      G
What happened to your beauty
G           C   F G   F G
Happened to me"


Verse 3:

C            F         G             F G C
  We took ourselves to someone's bed
C            F      G      F G
And there we fell together
F        Em       Dm    C    F    C   F
Quick as dogs and truly dead were we


Chorus:

C                   Dm     G
And free as running water
G               C      Am
Free as running water
Am              Dm     G
Free as running water
G               C    Am
Free as you and me

Am                   Dm  G
"The way it's got to be
G                Bb  C Am
The way it's got to be, lover"

Last updated: September 10, 2025

Leonard Cohen chords for I left a woman waiting (Ver. 2)

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