Alexandra Leaving Chords by Leonard Cohen
Tempo:
58.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
F
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [F] Suddenly the night has grown colder
The [C] God of Love [Bb] preparing [C] to [F] depart
Alexandra hoisted on [Dm] his shoulder
[F]
They [Bb] slipped between the [C] sentries of the [F] heart
[C] Upheld by [Gm] the [Bb] simplicities of pleasure
They [A] [Gm] gained the light, they formlessly [C] entwined
[Am] And radiant [Bb] beyond [Dm] your widest measure
They [Bb] fall among the voices [C] and the [F] wine
It's [Bb] not a trick, [Gm] your sense is all [Dm] deceiving
A [Bb] fitful dream, the morning will [C] exhaust
[F] Say goodbye [Em] [G] to [Gm] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
Then say goodbye [Gm] to [F] Alexandra lost
Even though she sleeps [Dm] upon your satin
[G] [C] Even though [Bb] she wakes [C] you with a [F] kiss
Do not say the moment was [Dm] imagined
Do [C] not stoop [Bb] to [E] strategies [F] like this
[Am] As someone [C] unprepared for this [Bb] to happen
Go [Gm] firmly to the window, [C] drink it in
[F] Exquisite music and [Dm] Alexandra laughing
[Bb] Your first commitment's [C] tangible [F] again
And [Bb] you who had [C] the honor of her [Dm] evening
And [Bb] by that honor had your own [C] restored
Say [F] goodbye [C]
[Dm] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
Alexandra [C] leaving with [F] her Lord
Even [Bb] though she sleeps [C] upon your [Dm] satin
Even [F] [Bb] though she wakes you [C] with a [Dm] kiss
Do not [Bb] say the [Gm] moment [C] was [Dm] imagined
Do not [Gm] stoop to strategies like [C] this
As [F] someone long prepared for the [Dm] occasion
In [C] full command [Bb] of [C] every plan [F] you wrecked
Do not choose a coward's [Dm] explanation
That [C] hides behind [Bb] the [C] cause and the [F] effect
And [Bb] you who were [C] bewildered by [Dm] her meaning
Whose [Bb] code was broken, crucifix [C] on grass
[F] Say goodbye [C]
[Gm] to [C] [Bb] Alexandra leaving
Then say goodbye [C] to Alexandra [F] lost
Say goodbye [Em]
[G] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
Then say [C] goodbye to Alexandra [F] lost
The [C] God of Love [Bb] preparing [C] to [F] depart
Alexandra hoisted on [Dm] his shoulder
[F]
They [Bb] slipped between the [C] sentries of the [F] heart
[C] Upheld by [Gm] the [Bb] simplicities of pleasure
They [A] [Gm] gained the light, they formlessly [C] entwined
[Am] And radiant [Bb] beyond [Dm] your widest measure
They [Bb] fall among the voices [C] and the [F] wine
It's [Bb] not a trick, [Gm] your sense is all [Dm] deceiving
A [Bb] fitful dream, the morning will [C] exhaust
[F] Say goodbye [Em] [G] to [Gm] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
Then say goodbye [Gm] to [F] Alexandra lost
Even though she sleeps [Dm] upon your satin
[G] [C] Even though [Bb] she wakes [C] you with a [F] kiss
Do not say the moment was [Dm] imagined
Do [C] not stoop [Bb] to [E] strategies [F] like this
[Am] As someone [C] unprepared for this [Bb] to happen
Go [Gm] firmly to the window, [C] drink it in
[F] Exquisite music and [Dm] Alexandra laughing
[Bb] Your first commitment's [C] tangible [F] again
And [Bb] you who had [C] the honor of her [Dm] evening
And [Bb] by that honor had your own [C] restored
Say [F] goodbye [C]
[Dm] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
Alexandra [C] leaving with [F] her Lord
Even [Bb] though she sleeps [C] upon your [Dm] satin
Even [F] [Bb] though she wakes you [C] with a [Dm] kiss
Do not [Bb] say the [Gm] moment [C] was [Dm] imagined
Do not [Gm] stoop to strategies like [C] this
As [F] someone long prepared for the [Dm] occasion
In [C] full command [Bb] of [C] every plan [F] you wrecked
Do not choose a coward's [Dm] explanation
That [C] hides behind [Bb] the [C] cause and the [F] effect
And [Bb] you who were [C] bewildered by [Dm] her meaning
Whose [Bb] code was broken, crucifix [C] on grass
[F] Say goodbye [C]
[Gm] to [C] [Bb] Alexandra leaving
Then say goodbye [C] to Alexandra [F] lost
Say goodbye [Em]
[G] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
Then say [C] goodbye to Alexandra [F] lost
Key:
C
Bb
F
Dm
Gm
C
Bb
F
[C] _ _ [F] Suddenly the night has grown colder
The _ [C] God of Love [Bb] preparing [C] to [F] depart
_ _ Alexandra hoisted on [Dm] his shoulder
[F]
They _ [Bb] slipped between the [C] sentries of the [F] heart
[C] Upheld by [Gm] the [Bb] simplicities of pleasure
They [A] _ [Gm] gained the light, they formlessly [C] entwined
_ _ [Am] And radiant [Bb] beyond [Dm] your widest measure
They _ [Bb] fall among the voices [C] and the [F] wine
_ It's [Bb] not a trick, [Gm] your sense is all [Dm] deceiving
A [Bb] fitful dream, the morning will [C] exhaust
_ [F] Say goodbye [Em] [G] to [Gm] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
_ Then say goodbye [Gm] to [F] Alexandra lost
_ _ Even though she sleeps [Dm] upon your satin
[G] _ _ [C] Even though [Bb] she wakes [C] you with a [F] kiss
Do not say the moment was [Dm] imagined
Do _ [C] not stoop [Bb] to [E] strategies [F] like this
_ [Am] As someone [C] unprepared for this [Bb] to happen
Go _ [Gm] firmly to the window, [C] drink it in
_ [F] Exquisite music and [Dm] Alexandra laughing
_ _ [Bb] Your first commitment's [C] tangible [F] again
_ And [Bb] you who had [C] the honor of her [Dm] evening
And [Bb] by that honor had your own [C] restored
Say [F] goodbye [C]
[Dm] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
_ _ _ Alexandra [C] leaving with [F] her Lord
_ Even [Bb] though she sleeps [C] upon your [Dm] satin
Even [F] [Bb] though she wakes you [C] with a [Dm] kiss
Do not [Bb] say the [Gm] moment [C] was [Dm] imagined
Do not [Gm] stoop to strategies like [C] this
As _ [F] someone long prepared for the [Dm] occasion
In _ [C] full command [Bb] of [C] every plan [F] you wrecked
Do not choose a coward's [Dm] explanation
That _ [C] hides behind [Bb] the [C] cause and the [F] effect
And [Bb] you who were [C] bewildered by [Dm] her meaning
Whose [Bb] code was broken, crucifix [C] on grass
_ [F] Say goodbye [C]
[Gm] to [C] [Bb] Alexandra leaving
Then say goodbye [C] to Alexandra [F] lost
_ Say goodbye [Em]
[G] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
_ Then say [C] goodbye to Alexandra [F] lost _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The _ [C] God of Love [Bb] preparing [C] to [F] depart
_ _ Alexandra hoisted on [Dm] his shoulder
[F]
They _ [Bb] slipped between the [C] sentries of the [F] heart
[C] Upheld by [Gm] the [Bb] simplicities of pleasure
They [A] _ [Gm] gained the light, they formlessly [C] entwined
_ _ [Am] And radiant [Bb] beyond [Dm] your widest measure
They _ [Bb] fall among the voices [C] and the [F] wine
_ It's [Bb] not a trick, [Gm] your sense is all [Dm] deceiving
A [Bb] fitful dream, the morning will [C] exhaust
_ [F] Say goodbye [Em] [G] to [Gm] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
_ Then say goodbye [Gm] to [F] Alexandra lost
_ _ Even though she sleeps [Dm] upon your satin
[G] _ _ [C] Even though [Bb] she wakes [C] you with a [F] kiss
Do not say the moment was [Dm] imagined
Do _ [C] not stoop [Bb] to [E] strategies [F] like this
_ [Am] As someone [C] unprepared for this [Bb] to happen
Go _ [Gm] firmly to the window, [C] drink it in
_ [F] Exquisite music and [Dm] Alexandra laughing
_ _ [Bb] Your first commitment's [C] tangible [F] again
_ And [Bb] you who had [C] the honor of her [Dm] evening
And [Bb] by that honor had your own [C] restored
Say [F] goodbye [C]
[Dm] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
_ _ _ Alexandra [C] leaving with [F] her Lord
_ Even [Bb] though she sleeps [C] upon your [Dm] satin
Even [F] [Bb] though she wakes you [C] with a [Dm] kiss
Do not [Bb] say the [Gm] moment [C] was [Dm] imagined
Do not [Gm] stoop to strategies like [C] this
As _ [F] someone long prepared for the [Dm] occasion
In _ [C] full command [Bb] of [C] every plan [F] you wrecked
Do not choose a coward's [Dm] explanation
That _ [C] hides behind [Bb] the [C] cause and the [F] effect
And [Bb] you who were [C] bewildered by [Dm] her meaning
Whose [Bb] code was broken, crucifix [C] on grass
_ [F] Say goodbye [C]
[Gm] to [C] [Bb] Alexandra leaving
Then say goodbye [C] to Alexandra [F] lost
_ Say goodbye [Em]
[G] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
_ Then say [C] goodbye to Alexandra [F] lost _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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