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