Leonard Cohen : Ten New Songs

C/e 032010 or xx2010

Bbmaj7 x13231

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In my secret life In my secret life In my secret life In my secret life

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I saw you this morning

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You were moving so fast

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Can't seem to loosen my grip on the past

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And I miss you so much

Dm

There's no one in sight

Bbmaj7

C

And we're still making love

Dm

C/e

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In my secret life In my secret life I smile when I'm angry I cheat and I lie I do what I have to do to get by But I know what is wrong And I know what is right And I'd die for the truth In my secret life In my secret life

Dm

C

Bb

Hold on, hold on, my brother

Dm

C

Bb

My sister, hold on tight

Dm

C

Bb

I finally got my orders

Gm7

I'll be marching through the morning

Am7

Marching through the night

Bbmaj7

Moving cross the borders

C

Of my secret life Looked through the paper Makes you want to cry Nobody cares if the people live or die And the dealer wants you thinking That it's either black or white

Bbmaj7

Thank God it's not that simple

C

In my secret life I bite my lip I buy what I'm told From the latest hit to the wisdom of old But I'm always alone And my heart is like ice And it's crowded and cold In my secret life In my secret life In my secret life In my secret life

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C#dim x42020

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Em

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Em

B

The ponies run, the girls are young

Em

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The odds are there to beat

Em

B

You win a while, and then it's done

C

Your little winning streak

Am

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And summoned now to deal

Em

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C#dim

With your invincible defeat

Am7

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You live your life as if it's real

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A thousand kisses deep I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed I'm back on Boogie Street You loose your grip, and then you slip Into the Masterpiece And maybe I had miles to drive And promises to keep You ditch it all to stay alive A thousand kisses deep |

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And sometimes when the night is slow

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The wretched and the meek

Am7

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We gather up our hearts and go

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Em

A thousand kisses deep Confined to sex, we pressed against The limits of the sea I saw there were no oceans left For scavengers like me I made it to the forward deck I blessed our remnant fleet And then consented to be wrecked A thousand kisses deep I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed I'm back on Boogie Street I guess they won't exchange the gifts That you were meant to keep And quiet is the thought of you The file on you complete Except what we forgot to do A thousand kisses deep |

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| And sometimes when the night is slow The wretched and the meek We gather up our hearts and go A thousand kisses deep The ponies run, the girls are young The odds are there to beat You win a while, and then it's done Your little winning streak And summoned now to deal With your invincible defeat You live your life as if it's real A thousand kisses deep

Capo:

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G7sus4 353533 or 320011

G6 320000 or 322003

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Am

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I fought against the bottle

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But I had to do it drunk

C

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Took my diamond to the pawnshop

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But that don't make it junk I know that I'm forgiven But I don't know how I know I don't trust my inner feelings Inner feelings come and go

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Am

How come you called me here tonight?

F

G

Am

And how come you bother with my heart at all?

D

You raise me up in grace

G

G7sus4

G

G7

Then you put me in a place where I must fall Too late to mix another drink The lights are going out I'll just listen to the darkness sing I know what that's about

Am

G

C

I tried to love you my way

Am

G

C

But I couldn't make it hold

Am

G

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So I closed the Book of Longing

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G6

G7

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And I do what I am told How come you called me here tonight? How come you bother With my heart at all? You raise me up in grace Then you put me in a place Where I must fall I fought against the bottle But I had to do it drunk Took my diamond to the pawnshop But that don't make it junk I fought against the bottle But I had to do it drunk Took my diamond to the pawnshop But that don't make it junk That don't make it junk That don't make it junk

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Em

(Here it is) (Here it is) (Here it is) (Here it is)

Em

(Here is your crown) (And your seal and rings) (And here is your love) (For all things)

Em

Here is your cart And your cardboard and piss And here is your love For all of this

Am

May everyone live

Bm7

Em

May everyone die

Am

Hello, my love

B7

Em

And my love, Goodbye (Here it is) (Here it is) (Here is your wine) (And your drunken fall) (And here is your love) (Your love for it all) Here is your sickness Your bed and your pan And here is your love For the woman, the man May everyone live ... (Here it is) (Here it is) (And here is the night) (The night has begun) (And here is your death) (In the heart of your son) And here is the dawn Until death do us part And here is your death In your daughter's heart May everyone live ... (Here it is) (Here it is) (And here you are hurried) (And here you are gone) (And here is the love) (It's all built upon) Here is your cross Your nails and your hill And here is the love That lists where it will May everyone live ... (Here it is)...

Capo:

III

Esus4 022200

Asus4 x02230

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The light came through the window

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Straight from the sun above

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And so inside my little room

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There plunged the rays of love In streams of light I clearly saw The dust you seldom see Out of which the Nameless makes A Name for one like me

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I'll try to say a little more

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Love went on and on

Em

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Until it reached an open door

G

Then Love Itself

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Love Itself was gone All busy in the sunlight The flecks did float and dance And I was tumbled up with them In formless circumstance I'll try to say a little more Love went on and on Until it reached an open door Then Love Itself Love Itself was gone

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A

Then I came back from where I'd been

Bm

My room, it looked the same

Esus4

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But there was nothing left between

Asus4

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The Nameless and the Name (and the Name) All busy in the sunlight The flecks did float and dance And I was tumbled up with them In formless circumstance I'll try to say a little more Oh love went on and on Until it reached an open door Then Love Itself Love Itself was gone Love Itself Love Itself was gone

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Cmaj7

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By the rivers dark I wandered on

Cmaj7

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Em

I lived my life in Babylon And I did forget my holy song And I had no strength in Babylon

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A6

By the rivers dark

Em

Where I could not see

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Who was waiting there

Em

Who was hunting me And he cut my lip and he cut my heart So I could not drink from the rivers dark And he covered me and I saw within My lawless heart and my wedding ring I did not know and I could not see Who was waiting there, who was hunting me By the rivers dark I panicked on I belong at last To Babylon Then he struck my heart with a deadly force And he said, "This heart, it is not yours"

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And he gave the wind

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My wedding ring

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D/c

And he circled us

Am7

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B7

With everything By the rivers dark, in a wounded dawn I live my life in Babylon Though I take my song from a withered limb Both song and tree, they sing for him Be the truth unsaid and the blessing gone If I forget my Babylon I did not know and I could not see Who was waiting there, who was hunting me By the rivers dark Where it all goes on By the rivers dark In Babylon

Am7/e 002010

Bb6 x13333

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Dm

Suddenly the night has grown colder

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Bb

C

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The god of love preparing to depart

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Dm

Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder

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They slip between the sentries of the heart

Am7

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Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure

Gm

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They gain the light, they formlessly entwine

F

Dm

And radiant beyond your widest measure

Bb

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F

They fall among the voices and the wine

Bb

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Dm

It's not a trick, your senses all deceiving

Bb

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A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust

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Am7/e

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Bb

Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving

Bb6

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Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost

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Dm

Even though she sleeps upon your satin

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Bb

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Even though she wakes you with a kiss

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Dm

Do not say the moment was imagined

C

Bb

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F

Do not stoop to strategies like this

Am7

Bb

As someone long prepared for this to happen

Gm

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Go firmly to the window, drink it in

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Dm

Exquisite music, Alexandra laughing

Bb

C

F

Your first commitments tangible again

Bb

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Dm

And you who had the honor of her evening

Bb

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And by that honor had your own restored

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Am7/e

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Bb

Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving

Bb6

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Alexandra leaving with her Lord

Bb

C

Dm

Even though she sleeps upon your satin

Bb

C

Dm

Even though she wakes you with a kiss

Bb

C

Dm

Do not say the moment was imagined

Gm

C

Do not stoop to strategies like this

F

Dm

As someone long prepared for the occasion

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Bb

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F

In full command of every plan you wrecked

F

Dm

Do not choose a coward's explanation

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Bb

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That hides behind the cause and the effect

Bb

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Dm

And you who were bewildered by a meaning

Bb

C

Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed

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Am7/e

Dm

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Bb

Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving

Bb6

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Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost

F

Am7/e

Dm

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Bb

Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving

Bb6

C

F

Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost

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Em

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Em

I said I'd be your lover

G

Em

You laughed at what I said

G

Em

I lost my job forever

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I was counted with the dead

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Em

I swept the marble chambers

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Em

But you sent me down below

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You kept me from believing

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Until you let me know

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That I am not the one who loves

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It's love that seizes me

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When hatred with his package comes

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You forbid delivery

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And when the hunger for your touch

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Rises from the hunger

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You whisper, "You have loved enough

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Now let me be the lover" And when the hunger for your touch Rises from the hunger You whisper, "You have loved enough Now let me be the lover" |

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| I swept the marble chambers But you sent me down below You kept me from believing Until you let me know That I am not the one who loves No, it's love that chooses me When hatred with his package comes You forbid delivery And when the hunger for your touch Rises from the hunger You whisper, "You have loved enough Now let me be the Lover" And when the hunger for your touch Rises from the hunger You whisper, "You have loved enough Now let me be the Lover" And when the hunger for your touch Rises from the hunger...

Capo:

II

Am7 x02010 B7 x21202 / x24242

Bm7 x24232 C6 x32210 / x35555

D6 xx0202 Cmaj7 x32000 / x35453

Am6 x02212

Em

Am7

(Oh Crown of Light, Oh Darkened One)

B7

(I never thought we'd meet)

Em

Am7

(You kiss my lips, and then you're gone)

B7

Em

(And I'm back on Boogie Street)

Em

A sip of wine, a cigarette

Bm7

And then it's time to go

C6

I tidied up the kitchenette

Am

B7

I tuned the old banjo

Cmaj7

I'm wanted at the traffic-jam

Em

They're saving me a seat

D6

I'm what I am, and what I am

Cmaj7

B7

Is back on Boogie Street And oh my love, I still recall The pleasures that we knew The rivers and the waterfall Wherein I bathed with you Bewildered by your beauty there I'd kneel to dry your feet By such instructions you prepare

Cmaj7

Em

A man for Boogie Street

Em

G6

(oh Crown of Light, Crown of Light)

C6

Am

(Oh Darkened One, Darkened One, Darkened One)

B7

(I never thought we'd meet, never thought we'd meet)

Em

G6

(You kiss my lips, kiss my lips)

C6

(And then it's done, then it's done, then it's done)

Am6

B7

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(And I'm back, back on Boogie Street) So come, my friends, be not afraid We are so lightly here It is in love that we are made In love we disappear Though all the maps of blood and flesh Are posted on the door There's no one who has told us yet What Boogie Street is for (Oh Crown of Light, Crown of Light) (Oh Darkened One, Darkened One, Darkened One) (I never thought we'd meet, never thought we'd meet) (You kiss my lips, kiss my lips) (And then it's done, then it's done, then it's done) (And I'm back, back on Boogie Street) A sip of wine, a cigarette And then it's time to go I tidied up the kitchenette I tuned the old banjo I'm wanted at the traffic-jam They're saving me a seat I'm what I am, and what I am Is back on Boogie Street...

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F6 xx1323 or 100211

Gadd4/b x20013

A9 x02423 or x02000

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F6

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F6

Don't really have the courage

G

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F6

To stand where I must stand

G

Em

F6

Don't really have the temperament

G

Em

F6

To lend a helping hand

Gadd4/b

Bm7

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Don't really know who sent me

A9

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To raise my voice and say

G

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C

May the lights in the land of plenty

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F6

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F6

Shine on the truth some day I don't know why I've come here Knowing as I do What you really think of me What I really think of you For the millions in a prison That wealth has set apart For the Christ who has not risen From the caverns of the heart

Em

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For the innermost decision

Em

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That we cannot but obey

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For what's left of our religion

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Dsus4

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I lift my voice and pray

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F6

May the lights in the land of plenty (may the lights)

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F6

May the lights in the land of plenty (may the lights)

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May the lights in the land of plenty

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F6

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Shine on the truth some day I know I said I'd meet you I'd meet you at the store But I can't buy it, baby I can't buy it anymore And I don't really know who sent me To raise my voice and say May the lights in The Land of Plenty Shine on the truth some day For the innermost decision That we cannot but obey For what's left of our religion I lift my voice and pray May the lights in The Land of Plenty (May the lights) May the lights in The Land of Plenty (May the lights) May the lights in The Land of Plenty Shine on the truth some day

Leonard Cohen : Ten New Songs
2001

In My Secret Life

A Thousand Kisses Deep

That Don't Make It Junk

Here It Is

Love Itself

By The Rivers Dark

Alexandra Leaving

You Have Loved Enough

Boogie Street

The Land Of Plenty

Leonard Cohen : Ten New Songs 2001

In My Secret Life

A Thousand Kisses Deep

That Don't Make It Junk

Here It Is

Love Itself

By The Rivers Dark

Alexandra Leaving

You Have Loved Enough

Boogie Street

The Land Of Plenty

Leonard Cohen : Ten New Songs
2001