Chords for Leonard Cohen - Closing Time (Official Video)

Tempo:
95.75 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

Em

C

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Leonard Cohen - Closing Time (Official Video) chords
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[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G] We're drinking and we're dancing and the band is really happening [Em] and the Johnny Walker
[Bm]
[Em]
[C]
[G] [B] [Em]
[D]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G] [B] [Em] [C]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[Em]
[Bm]
[Em]
[C]
[Gm] [B]
[Em] [D]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G] [B]
[Em] [C]
[G] and the women tear their blouses off and the men they [D] dance on the polka dots and it's
[Em] I loved you for your beauty that doesn't make a fool of [Bm] you.
You were in it for your beauty too.
[Em] I loved you for your body.
There's a voice that sounds like God to [A] me.
Declare it.
Declare it. Declare [D] it.
Declare it.
Declare it that your body's really good.
[C] You're good.
You're the world's best.
I love you now.
There's nothing [G] left but sorrow [B] and a sense of [Em] over time.
[D] I miss you since our place got wrecked.
And I just don't care what happens [C] next.
Looked like freedom but it feels like death.
It's something I'm in between.
I [G] guess it's frozen time.
Frozen time.
Frozen time.
Frozen time.
Yeah, [C] I miss you since our place got wrecked.
By the winds of change and the weeds of [G] sex.
And it looks like [B] freedom but it feels like [Em] death.
It's something in [C] between.
I guess [G] it's closed time.
[D] Yeah, [G] we're drinking and we're dancing.
But there's nothing really happening.
[Em] And the place is dead.
It's ending on a Saturday night.
And [Bm] my very cool scoping gets me falling, gets me laughing.
[Em] She's a hundred but she's wearing something tan.
[C] And I lick my glass to the awful truth which can't reveal to the ears of you.
[G] Except to [B] say it isn't [Em] worth a damn.
[D] And the whole damn place goes crazy twice.
And it's once for the devil and it's once for Christ.
[C] For the bus don't like these dizzy heights.
We're busting in the blinding [G] lights of closing time.
Frozen time.
Frozen time.
Frozen time.
[C] And the whole damn place goes crazy twice.
And it's once for the devil and it's once for Christ.
[G] For the bus don't like [B] these dizzy heights.
[Em] We're busting [C] in the blinding lights.
[G] Closing time.
[D] Closing time
[G] Oh, the women tear the blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka dots
[D] It's closing time
[G] And despite my time, despite my loss
And the tail that's made with the thinner stops
[D] It's closing time
[G] And I swear it happened just like this
It's a sad crowd, but here's [D] it's closing time Closing time
[G] The gates of love have opened
And it sure can't take much
It's happened since [D] but closing time Closing time
[G] I loved you when our love was blessed
I love you now, there's nothing left [D] but closing time
[G]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
Em
121
C
3211
B
12341112
G
2131
D
1321
Em
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To start learning Leonard Cohen - Closing Time chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - G, B, Em, C, G, D, G, D and C in sequence. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 47 BPM and then match the original tempo of 96 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: G Major.

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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] We're drinking and we're dancing and the band is really happening [Em] and the Johnny Walker _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [B] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] and the women tear their blouses off and the men they _ [D] dance on the polka dots and it's
_ _ _ [Em] I loved you for your beauty that doesn't make a fool of [Bm] you.
You were in it for your beauty too.
_ [Em] I loved you for your body.
There's a voice that sounds like God to [A] me.
Declare it.
Declare it. _ Declare [D] it.
Declare it.
Declare it that your body's really good.
_ _ [C] You're good.
You're the world's best.
I love you now.
There's nothing [G] left but sorrow [B] and a sense of [Em] over time.
_ [D] I miss you since our place got wrecked.
And I just don't care what happens [C] next.
Looked like freedom but it feels like death.
It's something I'm in between.
I [G] guess it's frozen time.
Frozen time.
Frozen time.
Frozen time.
Yeah, [C] I miss you since our place got wrecked.
By the winds of change and the weeds of [G] sex.
And it looks like [B] freedom but it feels like [Em] death.
It's something in [C] between.
I guess _ _ [G] it's closed time. _ _ _
_ [D] _ Yeah, _ _ _ _ [G] we're drinking and we're dancing.
But there's nothing really happening.
[Em] And the place is dead.
It's ending on a Saturday night.
And [Bm] my very cool scoping gets me falling, gets me laughing.
[Em] She's a hundred but she's wearing something tan. _ _
[C] And I lick my glass to the awful truth which can't reveal to the ears of you.
[G] Except to [B] say it isn't [Em] worth a damn. _
[D] And the whole damn place goes crazy twice.
And it's once for the devil and it's once for Christ.
[C] For the bus don't like these dizzy heights.
We're busting in the blinding [G] lights of closing time.
Frozen time.
Frozen time.
Frozen time.
[C] And the whole damn place goes crazy twice.
And it's once for the devil and it's once for Christ.
[G] For the bus don't like [B] these dizzy heights.
[Em] We're busting [C] in the blinding lights. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Closing _ _ time. _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Closing time _
[G] Oh, the women tear the blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka dots
[D] It's closing _ _ time
[G] And despite my time, despite my loss
And the tail that's made with the thinner stops
[D] It's closing _ _ time _
[G] And I swear it happened just like this
It's a sad crowd, but here's [D] it's closing time _ _ Closing time
[G] The gates of love have opened
And it sure can't take much
It's happened since [D] but closing time Closing time _
[G] I loved you when our love was blessed
I love you now, there's nothing left [D] but closing time _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Leonard Cohen.

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