Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan (Guitar)

Capo 8
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spotify:track:6UEzGV76d96lYTA68iBO0B ADVICE: Most easy is Capo on 1 and Transpose Button -5 [Intro] | Dm | % | Am | % | | Dm | % | Am | % | | Dm | % | Am | % | | G | F | E | E | | Am | Am | [Verse 1]
        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
[Verse 2]
    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
[Chorus]
    C                               G
I'd really like to live beside you, baby

F    G         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, told you I was one of those
[Verse 3]
    Dm                                 Am
You loved me as a loser but now you're 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
[Verse 4]
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 my sister

G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Chorus]
    C                               G   
I'd really like to live beside you, baby

F    G         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, told you I was one of those
[Verse 5]
      Dm                                 Am
And I thank you for those items that you sent me

    Dm                        Am
The monkey and the plywood violin

  Dm                            Am
I practiced every night now I'm ready

G                F       E               Am   G  F  E
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Verse 6]
  Dm                            Am
Remember me, I used to live for music

  Dm                                  Am
Remember me, I brought your groceries in

          Dm                           Am
Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded

G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Outro]
Am      G Am
(Repeat and fade out)