Leonard Cohen – Last Years Man (Guitar)

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G                        Em
  The rain falls down on last year's man

         F                                C
That's a Jews harp on the table, that's a crayon in his hand.

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And the corners of the blue print are ruined since they rolled

    F                                              C
Far past the stems of thumb tacks that still throw shadows on the wood.

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And the skylight is like the skin for a drum I'll never mend

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And all the rain falls down, Amen, on the works of last year's man.

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  I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark

    F                                         C
Oh, one by one she had to tell them that her name was Joan of Arc.

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I was in that army, yes I stayed a little while

F                              C
I want to thank you Joan of Arc for treating me so well.

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And tho'  I wear a uniform I was not born to fight

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All these wounded boys you lie beside; good night my friends, goodnight.

G                                   Em
  I came upon a wedding that old fam'lies had contrived

F                        C
Bethlehem the bridegroom Babylon the bride.

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Great Babylon was naked Ah! she stood there trembling for me

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And Bethlehem inflamed us both like the shy one at some orgy.

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And when we fell together all our flesh was like a veil

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That I had to draw aside to see the serpent eat its tail.

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   Some women wait for Jesus and some women wait for Cain

      F                        C
So I hang upon my altar and I hoist my axe again.

      G                                  Em
And I take the one who finds me back to where it all began

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When Jesus was the honeymoon and Cain was just the man.

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And we read from pleasant Bibles that are bound in blood an skin

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That the wilderness is gathering all its children back again.

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  The rain falls down on last year's man

F                           C
An hour has gone by and he has not moved his hand.

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But everything will happen if he only gives the word

F                                 C
The lovers will rise up and the mountains touch the ground.

          F               D           G               D
But the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend

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And all the rain falls down, Amen, on the works of last year's man.