Leonard Cohen – Take This Longing (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Original in Bb
[INTRO]
D
[VERSE 1]
C G Many men have loved the bells C G You fastened to the rein Em Am And everyone who wanted you Em D Em D They found what they will always want again F#m Bm Your beauty lost to you yourself F#m Bm Just as it was lost to them
[CHORUS]
G D Oh take this longing from my tongue G D Whatever useless things these hands have done G D Let me see your beauty broken down F#m G D Like you would do for one you love
[VERSE 2]
C G Your body like a searchlight C G My poverty revealed Em Am I would like to try your charity Em D Em D Until you cry, "Now you must try my greed." F#m Bm And everything depends upon F#m Bm How near you sleep to me
[CHORUS]
G D Oh take this longing from my tongue G D Whatever useless things these hands have done G D Let me see your beauty broken down F#m G D Like you would do for one you love
[VERSE 3]
C G Hungry as an archway C G Through which the troops have passed Em Am I stand in ruins behind you Em D Em D With your winter clothes, your broken sandal straps F#m Bm I love to see you naked over there F#m Bm Especially from the back
[CHORUS]
G D Oh take this longing from my tongue G D Whatever useless things these hands have done G D Let me see your beauty broken down F#m G D Like you would do for one you love
[VERSE 4]
C G You're faithful to the better man C G I'm afraid that he left Em Am So let me judge your love affair Em D Em D In this very room where I have sentenced mine to death F#m Bm I'll even wear these old laurel leaves F#m Bm That he's shaken from his head
[CHORUS]
G D Oh take this longing from my tongue G D Whatever useless things these hands have done G D Let me see your beauty broken down F#m G D Like you would do for one you love
[OUTRO]
G D Like you would do for one you love