Leonard Cohen – Going Home (Guitar)

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Chords

   Bm A    D      G   A   D      G  
e|----------------------------------|
B|-3-2-3-5--------------------------|
G|---------2----2-0------------0----|
D|------------------4-2-4-0---------|
A|-------------------------------2--|
E|----------------------------------|

    D
I'd love to speak with Leonard

       Em
He's a sportsman and a shepherd

       G                        D
He's a lazy bastard living in a suit

       D
But he does say what I tell him

     Em
Even though it isn't welcome

        G                           D     A/C#
He just doesn't have the freedom to refuse

        Bm
He will speak these words of wisdom

       A           F#
Like a sage, a man of vision

          Bm                E
Though he knows he's really nothing

        G           E/G#       A
But the brief elaboration of a tune

      D                  Em
Going home without my sorrow

      C                  G      
Going home sometime tomorrow

      C                  G             Bm     A
Going home to where it's better than before

      D                  Em
Going home without my burden

      C                  G      
Going home behind the curtain

      C                  G            Bm     A
Going home without the costume that I wore

   Bm A    D      G   A   D      G  
e|----------------------------------|
B|-3-2-3-5--------------------------|
G|---------2----2-0------------0----|
D|------------------4-2-4-0---------|
A|-------------------------------2--|
E|----------------------------------|

   D
He wants to write a love song

   Em
An anthem of forgiving

    G                      D     A
A manual for living with defeat

  D
A cry above the suffering

  C            Em
A sacrifice recovering

         G                 D                 A
But that isn't what I need him to complete

  Bm                D
I want him to be certain

        A                 F#
That he doesn't have a burden

        Bm                   E
That he doesn't need a vision

        G              E
That he only has permission

   A             F#
To do my instant bidding

            Bm              E             A
Which is to say what I have told him to repeat

      D                  Em
Going home without my sorrow

      C                  G      
Going home sometime tomorrow

      C                  G             Bm     A
Going home to where it's better than before

      D                  Em
Going home without my burden

      C                  G      
Going home behind the curtain

      C                  G            Bm     A
Going home without the costume that I wore

   Bm A    D      G   A   D      G  
e|----------------------------------|
B|-3-2-3-5--------------------------|
G|---------2----2-0------------0----|
D|------------------4-2-4-0---------|
A|-------------------------------2--|
E|----------------------------------|

          D                  Em
I'm going home without my sorrow

      C                  G      
Going home sometime tomorrow

      C                  G             Bm     A
Going home to where it's better than before

      D                  Em
Going home without my burden

      C                  G      
Going home behind the curtain

      C                  G            Bm     A
Going home without the costume that I wore

   Bm A    D      G   A   D      G  
e|----------------------------------|
B|-3-2-3-5--------------------------|
G|---------2----2-0------------0----|
D|------------------4-2-4-0---------|
A|-------------------------------2--|
E|----------------------------------|
[No chords for two measures, strum chords only once on outro.]
    D
I'd love to speak with Leonard

       Em
He's a sportsman and a shepherd

       G
He's a lazy bastard

            D 
Living in a suit