Chords with lyrics
Leonard Cohen Christmas
Mark Stepakoff (2016)
C majorC C2 Csus4Csus4 C majorC x2
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
Tomorrow is the Yuletide, but I’m not feeling jolly
FF A minorAm FF G7G7
I think I’m gonna stay inside and wallow in my melancholy
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
Put on some music guaranteed to keep the teardrops flowing
FF G7G7 C majorC
I’m spending Christmas Eve, with Leonard Cohen
C majorC C2 Csus4Csus4 C majorC x2
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
I’m stocking up on vodka, sleeping pills and Pepto-Bismol
FF A minorAm FF G7G7
I’m drinking to the future, though The Future, is so dark and dismal
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
It’s pretty much the saddest song the world has ever known
FF G7G7 C majorC C7C7
Yes, I’m spending Christmas Eve with Leonard Cohen
Bridge:
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Well, Neil Young can bring you down, And Jonie Mitchell’s blue
FF E minorEm DmDm G+G G+G G7G7 G6G6
But when you’ve hit rock bottom just one folk singer will do
FF DmDm E minorEm A minorAm
When I put on that famous Blue Raincoat, I wanna slit my wrists, yes
FF G7G7 C majorC
It’s going to be a Leonard Cohen Christmas
C majorC C2 Csus4Csus4 C majorC x2
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
Of course there’s Hallelujah, you all know that one I guess
FF A minorAm FF G7G7
But that’s really for the amateur, not the clinically depressed
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
But Last Year’s Man and Avalanche, they always get me going
FF G7G7 C majorC
When I’m spending Christmas Eve with Leonard Cohen
C majorC C2 Csus4Csus4 C majorC x2
Solo:
Bridge:
FF DmDm C majorC C7C7
Well, I can hear the carolers outside my bedroom walls
FF E minorEm DmDm G+G G+G G7G7 G6G6
The old familiar chestnuts, Jingle Bells and Deck the Halls
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But no one-horse sleigh or Mel Tourmé, will ever make my wish list
FF G7G7 C majorC
I’m having me a Leonard Cohen Christmas
C majorC C2 Csus4Csus4 C majorC x2
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
So, First We Take Manhattan, then it’s So Long Marianne
FF A minorAm FF G7G7
The Dress Rehearsal Rag and then the second side of I’m Your Man
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC
The festive lights are everywhere and Rudolph’s nose is glowing
FF G7G7 A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
But, I’m spending Christmas Eve with Leonard Cohen
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The Poet Laureate for all the lonesome and the listless
FF G7G7 C majorC