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First We Take Manhattan

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Leonard Cohen

Version
studio
published by
southboy
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
[Capo on 1]
Chords
	 
[Intro]
| Am | % | Em | % |

| Am | % | Em | % |

| Am | % | Em | % |

| D | C | B | Em |

[Verse]
Am Em
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Am Em
For trying to change the system from within
Am Em
I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them
D C B Em
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Verse]
Am Em
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
Am Em
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
Am Em
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
D C B Em
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Chorus]
G D
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
C D G Em
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
Am Em
But you see that line there moving through the station
D C B Em
I told you, I told you, told you I was one of those
[Verse]
Am Em
You loved me as a loser but now your worried that I just might win
Am Em
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline
Am Em
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin
D C B Em
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Verse]
Am Em
I don't like your fashion business, mister
Am Em
I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
Am Em
I don't like what happened to your sister
D C B Em
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Chorus]
G D
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
C D G Em
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
Am Em
But you see that line there moving through the station
D C B Em
I told you, I told you, told you I was one of those
[Verse]
Am Em
And I thank you for those items that you sent me
Am Em
The monkey end the plywood violin
Am Em
I practiced every night now I'm ready
D C B Em
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Verse]
Am Em
Remember me, I used to live for music
Am Em
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Am Em
It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
D C B Em
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Outro]
E D Em
(Repeat and fade out)