A Song For Leonard Cohen

by Amanda Shires

484
[Intro]
A F#m Bm D E
 
[Verse]
A           F#m     Bm         E
I wish that I could buy you a drink
A        F#m            Bm   E
And then more and then five
A           F#m            Bm     E
I'd get you drunk and I'd get me outgoing
A   F#m                 Bm      E
Or weaker just this one night
    D          E         C#      F#m
And then maybe we could go for a walk
     D         E               A    F#m Bm E A F#m Bm E
And I'll just listen while you talk
 
A   F#m        Bm
My imagination slips
                    E
And then I have you taken
A        F#m              Bm       E
Meet at Barcelona for the weekend
 A               F#m
You describe the night
     Bm                E
Phil Spector with his revolver
A          F#m        Bm    E
Served his ceremonial wine
 
[Chorus]
     D       E
We'd compare mythologies
    C#                             F#m
And toast those friends that never believed
          D          E            A
That our voice never had much to offer
    D          E        C#       F#m
And then maybe we could go for a walk
    D         E               A      F#m  Bm  E A F#m Bm E
And I'd just listen while you talk
 
[Verse]
A           F#m      Bm        E
I wish that I could buy you a drink
 A       F#m            Bm   E
And then more and then five
A                 F#m
At the end of the night
    Bm                     E
I'd conveniently misplace my wallet
A          F#m                  Bm    E
And you'd wind up buying all of mine
 
[Chorus]
     D       E
We'd compare mythologies
    C#                             F#m
And toast those friends that never believed
          D          E            A
That our voice never had much to offer
    D          E        C#       F#m
And then maybe we could go for a walk
    D         E               A      F#m  Bm  E A F#m Bm E
And I'd just listen while you talk
 
[Verse]
A                   F#m
You'd point to the harbour
Bm                    E
The moonlight against the water
A           F#m               Bm  E
The little boats against the dock
    D            E
And through the dark
            C#              F#m
Our shadows then would get along
    D         E               A
And I'd just listen while we walk
    D            C#
And through the dark our shadows
 A              F#m
Then might get along
    D          E               A   F#m Bm E A F#m B E A
And I'd just listen while you talk
              I wish that I could buy you a drink
And then more and then five
I'd get you drunk and I'd get me outgoing
Or weaker just this one night
And then maybe we could go for a walk
And I'll just listen while you talk

My imagination slips
And then I have you taken
Meet at Barcelona for the weekend
You describe the night
Phil Spector with his revolver
Served his ceremonial wine

We'd compare mythologies
And toast those friends that never believed
That our voice never had much to offer
And then maybe we could go for a walk
And I'd just listen while you talk

I wish that I could buy you a drink
And then more and then five
At the end of the night
I'd conveniently forget my wallet
And you'd end up buying mine

We'd compare mythologies
And toast those friend that never believed
That our voices never had much to offer
And then maybe we would go for a walk
And I'd just listen to while you talk

You'd point to the harbor
Moonlight against the water
The boats against the dock
And through the dark
Our shadows then would get along
And I'd just listen while you talk
And through the dark
Then might get along
And I'd just listen while you talk              
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