Alexandra Leaving Chords by Leonard Cohen

[C] _ [F] Suddenly the night has [Dm] grown colder
The _ [Em] [C] God of Love [Bb] preparing [C] to [F] depart
_ _ Alexandra hoisted on [Dm] his shoulder
They _ [Gm] slipped [Bb] between the [C] sentries of the [F] heart
[Am] Upheld by [Gm] the simplicities [Bb] of pleasure
They [A] _ [Gm] gained the light, they [C] formlessly entwined _
_ [F] And radiant beyond [Dm] your widest [F] measure
They _ [Bb] fall among the voices [C] and the [F] wine
_ It's [Bb] not a trick, [Em] your sense is all [Dm] deceiving
A [Bb] fitful dream, the [C] morning will exalt
_ [F] Say goodbye [Em] [Gm] to Alexandra [Bb]
leaving
_ Never say goodbye [Em] to [F] Alexandra Longs
_ _ Even though she sleeps upon [Dm] your satin
_ _ [C] Even though [Bb] she wakes [C] you with a [F] kiss
Do not say the moment [Dm] was imagined
Do _ [C] not stoop to [Bb]
[F] strategies like this
_ [Am] Has someone [C] long prepared for this [Bb] to happen?
_ _ _ [Gm] Go firmly to the window, drink [C] it in
_ [F] Exquisite music, Alexandra [Dm]
laughing
_ _ [Bb] Your first commitment's [Gm]
[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
_ _ [F] Say goodbye [C] [Dm] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
Alexandra _ _ [Em] leaving with [F] her Lord
_ Even though [Bb] she sleeps [C] upon your [Dm] satin
Even though [Bb] she wakes you [C] with a [Dm] kiss
_ [F] Do not [Bb] say the [Gm] moment [C]
was [Dm] imagined
Do [Bb] not [Gm] stoop to strategies like [C] this
_ _ _ [F] Has someone long prepared for [Dm] the occasion?
[Gm] _ [Dm] _ [C] In full command [Gm] of [C] every plan you [F] 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 code was [Bb] broken, crucifix [C] on the cross
_ [F] Say goodbye [C] [Gm] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
Then say goodbye [C] to Alexandra [F] Longs
_ Say goodbye [Em] [G] to [C] Alexandra [Bb] leaving
_ Then say goodbye [C] to Alexandra [F] Longs
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _