written by Leonard Cohen & Patrick Leonard
Intro: Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
Bb Eb Gm Show me the place where you want your slave to go Eb Bb F Show me the place I've forgotten I don't know Bb Eb Gm Show me the place for my head is bending low Eb Bb F Bb Show me the place where you want your slave to go
Show me the place help me roll away the stone Show me the place I can't move this thing alone Show me the place where the Word became a man Eb Bb F Eb Gm Show me the place where the suffering began
F Eb Bb The troubles came I saved what I could save F Eb Bb A thread of light a particle, a wave Gm D7 Eb But there were chains so I hastened to behave F There were chains so I loved you like a slave
Show me the place where you want your slave to go Show me the place I've forgotten I don't know Show me the place for my head is bent and low Show me the place where you want your slave to go
(instrumental verse, same as verse 2)
The troubles came I saved what I could save A thread of light a particle a wave But there were chains so I hastened to behave There were chains so I loved you like a slave
Bb Eb Gm Show me the place Eb Bb F Show me the place Bb Eb Gm Show me the place Eb Bb F Eb Bb(sus4) (instrumental line)
Bb Eb Gm Show me the place help me roll away the stone Eb Bb F Show me the place I can't move this thing alone Bb Eb Gm Show me the place where the Word became a man Eb Bb F Eb Bb Show me the place where the suffering began