It's Torn chords by Leonard Cohen

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
  Am
I see you in windows
      Am
That open so wide
          G
There’s nothing beyond them
       Am
And no one inside


Verse 2:
     Am
You kick off your sandals
     Am
And shake out your hair
     G
The salt on your shoulders
       Am
Like sparks in the air

Verse 3:
         Am
There’s silt on your ankles
     Am
And sand on your feet
      G
The river too shallow
     Am
The ocean too deep


Verse 4:
     Am
You smile at your suffering
      Am
The sweetest reprieve
 G
Why did you leave us?
Am
Why did you leave?


Chorus:
     C
You kick off your sandals
      C
And shake out your hair
      E7
It’s torn where you’re dancing
      E7
It’s torn everywhere


Verse 5:
      Am
It’s torn on the right
          Am
And it’s torn on the left
      F
It’s torn in the centre
       F              Fmaj7b5   E
Which few can accept


Verse 6:
      Am
It’s torn where there’s beauty
      Am
It’s torn where there’s death
      G
It’s torn where there’s mercy
     Am
But torn somewhat less


Verse 7:
      Am
It’s torn in the highest
       Am
From kingdom to crown
       G
The messages fly
          Am
But the network is down


Verse 8:
  Am
Bruised at the shoulder
    Am
And cut at the wrist
     G
The sea rushes home
         Am
To its thimble of mist


Verse 9:
       Am
The opposites falter
      Am
The spirals reverse
     G
And Eve must re-enter
     Am
The sleep of her birth


{Chorus]
    C
And up through the system
      C
The worlds are withdrawn
      E7
From every dominion
     E7
The mind stood upon


    Am
And now that you told her
    Am
And now that it’s done
     F
The name has no number
 F                Fmaj7b5   E
Not even the one


Verse 10:
      Am
Come gather the pieces
      Am
All scattered and lost
     G
The lie in what’s holy
     Am
The light in what’s not


Verse 11:
     Am
The story’s been written
      Am
The letter’s been sealed
     G
You gave me a lily
    Am
But now it’s a field


Outro:
     Am
You kick off your sandals
     Am
And shake out your hair
      G
It’s torn where you’re dancing
      Am
It’s torn everywhere