Recent Songs:

Came So Far for Beauty

written by Leonard Cohen and John Lissauer

Chords:

G+:             321003  or  355443
C' (=C7sus4):   x32311  or  x35363
F13:            131231
Bb/d:           xx0331
Cm7/bb:         635343

Intro: G7 . . |G+ . G7 |C7sus4 . . |C . . |
       F . . |F13 . F |Bb . . |/bb /a /ab |

G          G+  G7  C' C
I came so far for beauty
   F       F13  F Bb   /bb /a /ab
I left so much behind
G         G+  G7    C' C
My patience and my family
F         F13  F  Bb   /bb /a /ab
My masterpiece unsigned

I thought I'd be rewarded
For such a lonely choice
And surely she would answer
F             F13   F    Bb      Eb Fm Gm
To such a very hopeless voice

Ab                 G       G+ G7
I practiced on my sainthood
Ab                 G    G+ G7
I gave to one and all
          Eb    Bb/d   Cm    Cm7/bb
But the rumours of my virtue
       Ab    Bb7       Eb    Eb Fm Gm
They moved her not at all

I changed my style to silver
I changed my clothes to black
And where I would surrender
Ab  Bb7        Eb
Now I would attack

I stormed the old casino
For the money and the flesh
And I myself decided
What was rotten and what was fresh

And men to do my bidding
And broken bones to teach
The value of my pardon
The shadow of my reach

But no I could not touch her
With such a heavy hand
Her star beyond my order
Her nakedness unmanned

I came so far for beauty
I left so much behind
My patience and my family
My masterpiece unsigned

Guitarist friendlier version

Chords:

A+:             x02221
D' (=D7sus4):   xx0213
G13:            323000
C/e:            032010
Dm7/c:          x30211

A          A+  A7  D' D
I came so far for beauty
   G       G13  G C   /c /b /bb
I left so much behind
A         A+  A7    D' D
My patience and my family
G         G13  G  C    /c /b /bb
My masterpiece unsigned

I thought I'd be rewarded
For such a lonely choice
And surely she would answer
G             G13   G    C       F Gm Am
To such a very hopeless voice

Bb                 A       A+ A7
I practiced on my sainthood
Bb                 A    A+ A7
I gave to one and all
          F     C/e   Dm    Dm7/c
But the rumours of my virtue
       Bb    C7        F     F Gm Am
They moved her not at all

I changed my style to silver
I changed my clothes to black
And where I would surrender
Bb  C7         F
Now I would attack

I stormed the old casino
For the money and the flesh
And I myself decided
What was rotten and what was fresh

And men to do my bidding
And broken bones to teach
The value of my pardon
The shadow of my reach

But no I could not touch her
With such a heavy hand
Her star beyond my order
Her nakedness unmanned

I came so far for beauty
I left so much behind
My patience and my family
My masterpiece unsigned