Leonard Cohen – By The Rivers Dark (Guitar)
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From the album Ten New Songs
[Intro]
Fm Eb Fm Db Eb Fm x2
[Verse 1]
Fm Eb Fm [tab]Db Eb Fm I lived my life in Babylon Fm Eb Fm And I did forget my holy song Db Eb Fm And I had no strength in Babylon
[Chorus]
Ab Bb Fm By the rivers dark, where I could not see Db Eb Fm Who was waiting there, who was hunting me
[Verse 2]
Fm Eb Fm And he cut my lip, and he cut my heart Db Eb Fm So I could not drink from the river dark Fm Eb Fm And he covered me, and I saw within Db Eb Fm My lawless heart and my wedding ring
[Chorus]
Ab Bb Fm I did not know, and I could not see Db Eb Fm Who was waiting there, who was hunting me
[Verse 3]
Fm Eb Fm By the rivers dark, I panicked on Db Eb Fm I belonged at last to Babylon Fm Eb Fm Then he struck my heart with a deadly force Db Eb Fm And he said, "This heart, it is not yours"
[Bridge]
Db Eb Fm And he gave the wind my wedding ring Db Bb C C7 And he circled us with everything
[Verse 4]
Fm Eb Fm By the rivers dark, in a wounded dawn Db Eb Fm I live my life in Babylon Fm Eb Fm Though I take my song from a withered limb Db Eb Fm Both song and tree, they sing for him Fm Eb Fm Be the truth unsaid and the blessing gone Db Eb Fm If I forget my Babylon
[Chorus]
Ab Bb Fm I did not know, and I could not see Db Eb Fm Who was waiting there, who was hunting me Ab Bb Fm By the rivers dark, where it all goes on Db Eb Fm By the rivers dark in Babylon
[Outro]
Fm Eb Fm Db Eb Fm x2
(Fade out)