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Seems So Long Ago Nancy by Leonard Cohen

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   Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
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Tuning: Standard
Songwriters: Leonard Cohen

Specific chord voicings:
Dmaj7  x57675
C#m7   x46454
F#m7   242222
E7     022130

Intro:
| Bm | % | %  | % |

Verse 1:
    Bm          F#     Bm       
It seems so long ago,

 Dmaj7        C#m7       F#m7       
Nancy  was  alone,

A                Bm               
Looking at the Late Late show

         A          E7         A       
Through a semi-precious stone.


Chorus:
 C#                  F#m        
In the House of Honesty

      D               A       
Her father was on trial,

 E                  F#m        
In the House of Mystery

        C#               D     
There was no one at all,

        A       E        F#m      
There was no one at all.


Verse 2:
     Bm         F#     Bm       
It seems so long ago,

 Dmaj7         C#m7           F#m7      
None of us were strong

 A                   Bm          
Nancy wore green stockings

           A          E7      A      
And she slept with everyone.


Chorus:
      C#                 F#m             
She never said she'd wait for us

   D                 A       
Although she was alone,

 E                     F#m             
I think she fell in love for us

       C#              D     
In nineteen sixty one,

     A        E        F#m      
In nineteen sixty one.


Verse 3:
     Bm         F#     Bm       
It seems so long ago,

 Dmaj7       C#m7      F#m7       
Nancy was alone,

    A             Bm                
A forty five beside her head,

 A      E7          A      
An open telephone.


Chorus:
 C#                      F#m           
We told her she was beautiful,

     D                  A     
We told her she was free

 E                      F#m             
But none of us would meet her in

      C#          D         
The House of Mystery,

      A        E      F#m      
The House of Mystery.


Verse 4:
     Bm     F#           Bm            
And now you look around you,

 Dmaj7         C#m7      F#m7        
See her everywhere,

  A              Bm      
Many use her body,

  A      E7          A      
Many comb her hair.


Chorus:
 C#                F#m             
In the hollow of the night

       D                  A     
When you are cold and numb

      E                  F#m             
You hear her talking freely then,

        C#                   D      
She's happy that you've come,

        A       E            F#m       
She's happy that you've come.


Outro:
| Bm | E | A |