First We Take Manhattan

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To: [email protected]
Subject: CRD: FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN - Leonard Cohen

>From [email protected] (Stefan Svala)

FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN (Leonard Cohen)

Dm                             Am
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Dm                              Am
For trying to change the system from within
Dm                       Am
I'm coming now I'm coming to reward   them
G                  F  E                 Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Dm                        Am
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
Dm                         Am
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
Dm                         Am
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
G                  F  E                 Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

C                                G    F
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
C                             Am
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
C                                       Am
But you see that line there moving through the station
G          F          E                      Am
I told you I told you I told you I was one of those

Dm                              Am
You loved me as a loser but now your worried that I just might win
Dm                             Am
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline
Dm                                Am
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin
G                  F  E                 Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Dm                                   Am
I don't like your fashion business, mister
Dm                                      Am
I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
Dm                                  Am
I don't like what happened to your sister
G                  F  E                 Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin  (chorus)

Dm                                Am
And I thank you for those items that you sent me
Dm                         Am
The monkey end the plywood violin
Dm                               Am
I practiced every night and now I'm ready
G                  F  E                 Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Dm                            Am
Remember me, I used to live for music
Dm                                  Am
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Dm                          Am
It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
G                  F  E                 Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Intro: A#m | Fm }x3
D# | C# | C7 | Fm

A#m                             Fm
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
A#m                                Fm
For trying to change the system from within
A#m                         Fm
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
D#               C#    C7                Fm
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

G#             G#sus4 G#        D# C#
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
D#        G#             G#sus4 G#       Fm Fsus4 Fm
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
G#                  G#sus4   G#         Fm  Fsus4 Fm
But you see that line there moving through the station?
D#          C#          C7                      Fm
I told you, I told you, I told you, I was one of those

Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried
that I just might win
You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I don't like your fashion business, mister
And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
I don't like what happened to my sister
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I'd really like to live beside you, baby
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
But you see that line there moving through the station?
I told you, I told you, I told you, I was one of those

And I thank you for those items that you sent me
The monkey and the plywood violin
I practiced every night and now I'm ready
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Ah remember me, I used to live for music
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin