Leonard Cohen – Love Itself (Guitar)

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spotify:track:0YWuLlVWpPE6jAvZoOhWPk Words and Music by Sharon Robinson and Leonard Cohen Measure 12/8 Tempo = 62 (Slow), 4 or 2 beats of triplets (12/8)
[Intro]
| 1--2--3--4-- | 1--2--3--4-- |
| C | F F/G |
| C            | F     F/G    |

[Verse 1]

C                           F       F/G
 The light came through the window,

C                        F       F/G
  straight from the sun above,

Dm7                G           
  and so inside my little room 

Dm7     G                   C
  there plunged the rays of love.
[Verse 2]
C                     F           F/G
  In streams of light   I clearly saw,

C                     F       F/G
  the dust you seldom see,

Dm7                G               
  out of which the nameless makes, 

Dm7      G                 C
  a name   for one like me.
[Chorus]
            F            G     
I'll try to say a little more, 

C                F
love went on and on

Dm7                   E         
  until it reached an open door 

     F            G               C          C
then love itself, love itself was gone.
[Verse 3]
C                 F           F/G
  All busy in the sunlight,

C                          F       F/G
  the flecks did float and dance;

Dm7                 G            
  and I was tumbled up with them 

Dm7  G              C
  in formless circumstance.
[Chorus]
            F            G     
I'll try to say a little more, 

C                F
love went on and on

Dm7                   E         
  until it reached an open door 

     F            G               C        C
then love itself, love itself was gone.
[Bridge]
            F                   G     
Then I came back from where I'd been, 

Am                       Am
  my room, it looked the same;

Dsus4                   D            
  but there was nothing left between 

Gsus4          G
  the nameless   and the name.
[Verse 3] (Reprise)
C                 F           F/G
  All busy in the sunlight,

C                          F       F/G
  the flecks did float and dance;

Dm7                 G            
  and I was tumbled up with them 

Dm7  G              C
  in formless circumstance.
[ENd-Chorus]
            F            G     
I'll try to say a little more, 

C                F
love went on and on

Dm7                   E         
  until it reached an open door 

     F            G               C          C
then love itself, love itself was gone.

F            G***        G*              
Love itself, love itself was 

C       F   F/G       C       F   F/G        C
gone.