"Samson in New Orleans" is a song from Canadian poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen's 13th album, "Popular Problems". The album was released in 2014 and was to be his second to last studio album.
Capo on 1st fret Intro: C F C Am F C G G7 C Verse 1: C You said that you were with me, you said you were my friend F C Did you really love the city or did you just pretend? Am F C You said you loved her secrets and her freedoms hid away G G7 C She was better than America, that's what I heard you say
Verse 2: C You said how could this happen, you said how can this be F C The remnant all dishonored on the bridge of misery Am F C And we who cried for mercy from the bottom of the pit G G7 C Was our prayer so damn unworthy the Son rejected it? Chorus: E7 Am F C So gather up the killers, get everyone in town E7 Am F C Stand me by those pillars, let me take this temple down E7 Am F C The king so kind and solemn, he wears a bloody crown E7 Am G C So stand me by that column, let me take this temple down Instrumental: C F C Am F C G G7 C Verse 3: C You said how could this happen, you said how can this be F C The chains are gone from heaven, the storms are wild and free Am F C There's other ways to answer, that certainly is true G G7 C Me, I'm blind with death and anger and that's no place for you Chorus: E7 Am F C There's a woman in the window, there's a bed in tinsel town E7 Am F C I'll write you when it's over, let me take this temple down E7 Am F C You said you loved her secrets, her freedoms hid away E7 Am G C
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