Leonard Cohen – Came So Far For Beauty (Guitar)

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[Intro] G7 Baug C7 Cm7 F Bb [Verse 1]
G7       Baug     C7
I came so far for beauty

  Cm7     F    Bb
I left so much behind

    G7      Baug    C7
My patience and my family

   Cm7       F     Bb
My masterpiece unsigned
[Verse 2]
 G7          Baug   C7
I thought I'd be rewarded

     Cm7    F        Bb
For such a lonely choice

     G7     Baug      C7
And surely she would answer

    Cm7         F        Bb      D#
To such a very hopeless voice
[Bridge]
  G#            G
I practiced on my sainthood

  G#              G
I gave to one and all

         D#     Bb     Cm
But the rumours of my virtue

       G#     Bb       D#
They moved her not at all

   G#                 G
I changed my style to silver

     G#                   G
I changed my clothes to black

      D#      Bb      Cm
And where I would surrender

    G#   Bb      D#
Ah now I would attack
[Verse 3]
    G7        Baug   C7
I stormed the old casino

          Cm7    F     Bb
For the money and the flesh

   G7  Baug       C7
And I myself decided

           Cm7       F         Bb
What was rotten and what was fresh
[Bridge]
    G#             G
And men to do my bidding

      G#             G
And broken bones to teach

     D#    Bb     Cm
The value of my pardon

    G#     Bb    D#
The shadow of my reach

  G#                      G
But no, I could not touch her

      G#          G
With such a heavy hand

     D#    Bb       Cm
Her star beyond my order

      G#   Bb      D#
Her nakedness unmanned
[Outro]
   G7      Baug      C7
I came so far for beauty

  Cm7      F    Bb
I left so much behind

    G7       Baug    C7
My patience and my family

    Cm7    F      Bb
My masterpiece unsigned