written by Leonard Cohen
Chords: Cadd9: x32033 G#dim: 456464 or xx0101 Fmaj7: xx3210
Intro: E.. ...|
E.. Am6/e..|E7.. Am/e..|E7.. Am/e..|E.. ...| (see tab below)
E.. Am/e..|E7.. Am/e..|E7.. Am/e..|Cadd9.. ...|
G#7.. ...|G7.. ...|G7.. ...|
G G#dim Am
Do you remember all those pledges
G G#dim Am
That we pledged in the passionate night
C G
Ah, they're soiled now, they're torn at the edges
Cm G#7 G7
Like moths on a stale yellow light
Nor penance serves to renew them,
Nor massive transfusions of trust
Why not even revenge can undo them
Cm G
So twisted these vows and so crushed
A#
And you say you've been humbled in love
F
Cut down in your love
A#
Forced to kneel in the mud
F
Next to me
A#
Ah, but why so bitterly
F
Turn from the one
Am
Who kneels there
Fmaj7 E
As deeply as thee
Children have taken these pledges They have ferried them out of the past Oh beyond all the graves and the hedges Where love must go hiding at last And here where there is no description Oh here in the moment at hand No sinner need rise up forgiven No victim need limp to the stand
And you say you've been humbled in love Cut down in your love Forced to kneel in the mud Next to me Ah, but why so bitterly Turn from the one Who kneels there As deeply as thee
And look dear heart, look at the virgin Look how she welcomes him into her gown Yes and mark how the stranger's cold armor Dissolves like a star falling down Why trade this vision for desire When you may have them both You will never see a man this naked I will never hold a woman this close
And you say you've been humbled in love Cut down in your love Forced to kneel in the mud Next to me Ah, but why so bitterly Turn from the one Who kneels there As deeply as thee
The intro can be played like this:
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E:--0----------------:
B:--0----------------:
G:--1----------------:
D:--2----------------:
A:--2----------------:
E:--0----------------:
E Am6/e E7 Am/e
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E:--0--------2--------4--------5--------:
B:--0--------1--------2--------5--------:
G:--1--------2--------4--------5--------:
D:--------------------------------------:
A:--------------------------------------:
E:--0--------0--------0--------0--------:
E7 Am/e E
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E:--7--------8--------0-----------------:
B:--5--------5--------0-----------------:
G:--7--------5--------1-----------------:
D:--------------------2-----------------:
A:--------------------2-----------------:
E:--0--------0--------0-----------------:
E Am/e E7 Am/e
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E:--4--------5--------7--------8--------:
B:--5--------5--------5--------5--------:
G:--4--------5--------7--------5--------:
D:--------------------------------------:
A:--------------------------------------:
E:--0--------0--------0--------0--------:
E Am/e Cadd9
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E:--7--------5--------3-----------------:
B:--5--------5--------3-----------------:
G:--7--------5--------0-----------------:
D:--------------------2-----------------:
A:--------------------3-----------------:
E:--0--------0--------------------------:
G#7 G7
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E:--4-----------------3-----------------:
B:--4-----------------3-----------------:
G:--5-----------------4-----------------:
D:--4-----------------3-----------------:
A:--6-----------------5-----------------:
E:--4-----------------3-----------------: