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

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

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"