#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 20:49:22 -0500 From: Dan Nicholas
SO LONG MARIANNE Leonard Cohen [Verse 1] A Bm Come over to the window, my little darling D A I'd like to try to read your palm G D I used to think I was some sort of gypsy boy F#m E Esus4 E E7 before I let you take me home [Chorus] A F#m Now so long, Marianne, It's time that we began E Esus4 E E7 E Esus4 E E7 A Asus4 to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again [Verse 2] A Bm Well you know that I love to live with you D A but you make me forget so very much G D I forget to pray for the angels F#m E sus4 E E7 and then the angels forget to pray for us [Chorus] [Verse 3] A Bm We met when we were almost young D A deep in the green lilac park G D You held on to me like I was a crucifix F#m E Esus4 E E7 as we went kneeling through the dark [Chorus] [Verse 4] A Bm Your letters they all say that you're beside me now D A then why do I feel so alone G D I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web F#m E Esus4 E E7 is fastening my ankle to a stone [Chorus] [Verse 5] A Bm For now I need your hidden love D A I'm cold as a new razor blade G D You left when I told you I was curious F#m E Esus4 E E7 I never said that I was brave [Chorus] [Verse 6] A Bm Oh, you are really such a pretty one D A I see you've gone and changed your name again G D And just when I climbed this whole mountainside F#m E Esus4 E E7 to wash my eyelids in the rain [Chorus] ------- [I found this extra verse written out somewhere. Not on the original recording from the Best Of... Disc] A Bm Oh, your eyes, well, I forget your eyes D A your body's at home in every sea G D How come you gave away your news to everyone F#m E Esus4 E E7 that you said was a secret to me
Intro: A A Bm Won't you come over to the window, my little darling D A I'd like to try to read your palm G D You know I used to think that I was some kind of Gypsy boy F#m E.. Esus4..|E.. E7..| Before I let you take me home A F#m So long, Marianne, it's time that we began E Esus4 E E7 E Esus4 E To laugh and cry and cry and laugh E7 A.. ...|Asus4.. ...|A.. ...|Asus4.. ...| about it all again Well you know that I love to live with you But you make me forget so very much I forget to pray for the angels And then the angels forget to pray for us So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again Ah we met, when was it, we were almost young It was down by the green lilac park You held on to me like I was a crucifix As we went kneeling through the dark So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again For now I need your hidden love I'm cold as a new razor blade You left when I told you I was curious Did I ever say that I was brave So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again Oh, you are really such a perfect one I see you've gone and changed your names again And just when I climbed this whole mountainside To wash my eyelids in the rain So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again