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First We Take Manhattan by Leonard Cohen - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
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Capo 8 or transpose +8 to get tone of recording
ADVICE: Most easy is Capo on 1 and Transpose Button -5


[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
        Dm                           Am
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
    Dm                                 Am
For trying to change the system from within
    Dm                         Am
I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin


[Verse 2]
    Dm                        Am
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
    Dm                             Am
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
    Dm                          Am
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin


[Chorus]
    C                               G
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
F    G         C                             Am
  I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
        Dm                                     Am
But you see that line there moving through the station
  G           F         E                     Am
I told you, I told you, told you I was one of those


[Verse 3]
    Dm                               Am
You loved me as a loser but now your worried that I just might win
    Dm                              Am
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline
   Dm                                  Am
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin


[Verse 4]
Dm                                  Am
I don't like your fashion business, mister
Dm                                     Am
I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
Dm                                 Am
I don't like what happened to your sister
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin


[Chorus]
    C                               G   
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
F    G         C                             Am
  I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
        Dm                                     Am
But you see that line there moving through the station
  G           F         E                     Am
I told you, I told you, told you I was one of those


[Verse 5]
      Dm                                 Am
And I thank you for those items that you sent me
    Dm                        Am
The monkey end the plywood violin
  Dm                            Am
I practiced every night now I'm ready
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin


[Verse 6]
  Dm                            Am
Remember me, I used to live for music
  Dm                                  Am
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
     Dm                           Am
It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin


[Outro]
A      G Am
(Repeat and fade out) 
        

We also have 43 songs by Leonard Cohen

• Aint No Cure For Love
• Anthem
• Avalanche
• Bird On The Wire
• Chelsea Hotel 2
• Chelsea Hotel No 2
• Closing Time
• Coming Back To You
• Dance Me To The End Of Love
• Diamonds In The Mine
• Dress Rehearsal Rag
• Everybody Knows
• Famous Blue Raincoat
• First We Take Manhattan
• Hallelujah
• Hey Thats No Way To Say Goodbye
• If It Be Your Will
• Im Your Man
• Is This What You Wanted
• Lady Midnight
• Last Years Man
• Lover Lover Lover
• Master Song
• Night Comes On
• One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
• Passing Through
• Seems So Long Ago Nancy
• Sisters Of Mercy
• So Long Marianne
• Songs Of Leonard Cohen
• Stories Of The Street
• Story Of Isaac
• Suzanne
• Take This Waltz
• The Future
• The Old Revolution
• The Partisan
• The Stranger Song
• Tonight Will Be Fine
• Tower Of Song
• Who By Fire
• Winter Lady
• You Know Who I Am

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