Chords for Leonard Cohen - Darkness (Official Audio)

Tempo:
99.8 bpm
Chords used:

Cm

C

Eb

F

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Leonard Cohen - Darkness (Official Audio) chords
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[C] [Eb]
[C] [C] [Eb]
[C] [Bb] [F] [Ab]
[Cm] [C]
[Cm] [Gm] [Dm] [Gm] [Cm]
[G] [Bb] [C] [F] [C]
[G] I [C] cut the darkness.
[Eb]
[C] [Bb] It was [C] drinking from your cup.
[Eb]
[Cm] I cut [F] the darkness.
[Ab]
[F] [Eb] [C] It was drinking from your cup.
[Eb]
[C] I said, [G] is this the end?
I cut the darkness.
It was drinking from your cup.
[Eb]
Fio [Bb] said, just drink it [Cm] up.
[F] [G]
[Gm] I've got [C] no future.
[Eb] [Cm] [Bb] I know [C] my days are few.
[Eb] [C] [Fm] The present's not that pleasant.
[Ab] [F] [Bb] [C] Just a lot of things to [Eb] do.
I [G] thought the past would alas me.
[Eb] But [Bb] the darkness got [Cm] bad too.
[G] [Bb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Cm]
[F]
[Ab] [F] [Cm]
[G]
[Eb] [Gm] [Cm] [F] [Cm]
[G] I should [Bb] have seen [Cm] it coming.
[Eb] [C] [Bb] It [Cm] was red behind your eyes.
You [F] were young and it was [Ab] summer.
[Eb] I [C] just had to take a dive.
[Cm] [G] Winning you was easy, [Eb] [Dm] but darkness [C] was the [F] prize.
[Cm]
[G] I [C] don't smoke no [Cm] cigarette.
I don't drink no alcohol.
[C] I [F] ain't had much lovin' yet, [Ab]
[F] [C] but that's always been your call.
[Eb] [C] [G] Hey, I don't miss it, baby.
[Eb] I got no [Dm] taste for anything [Cm] at all.
[F]
[G] I [Bb] used to [Cm] love the rainbow.
[Eb]
[Cm] And I used to love the view.
[C] [F] I loved the early morning.
[Fm] [Eb] I [Cm] pretend that it was you.
[Gm] But I caught the darkness, baby.
[Eb] And [Bb] I got it [Cm] worse than you.
[F] [Cm]
[G] [C] [Cm]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm]
[F]
[Ab] [F] [Cm]
[C] [G] [Eb]
[Dm] [C] [F] [G]
[Cm]
[Bb] It was [C] drinkin' from your cup.
[Cm] [F] I caught the darkness.
[Fm]
[C] Drinkin' from your cup.
[Cm]
[C] [G] I said, is this contagious?
[Eb]
You [Dm] said, [Cm] just drink it up.
[F] [Cm] [Gm] [G] [Gm] [Cm]
[Fm]
Key:  
Cm
13421113
C
3211
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
G
2131
Cm
13421113
C
3211
Eb
12341116
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To learn Leonard Cohen - Darkness chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - C, C, Eb, Cm, Eb, Bb, G, Bb and Cm of chords. A good strategy is to initiate at 49 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 100 BPM. With the song's key of C Minor, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ I [C] cut the darkness.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [C] [Bb] It was [C] drinking from your cup.
[Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ I cut [F] the darkness.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [F] _ [Eb] [C] It was drinking from your cup.
[Eb] _
_ _ [C] I said, [G] is this the end?
I cut the darkness.
It was drinking from your cup.
[Eb] _
Fio [Bb] said, just drink it [Cm] up.
_ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ [Gm] I've got [C] no future. _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] [Bb] I know [C] my days are few. _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] The present's not that pleasant.
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] [C] Just a lot of things to [Eb] do.
_ _ I [G] thought the past would alas me.
[Eb] But [Bb] the darkness got [Cm] bad too. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _
[G] _ I should [Bb] have seen [Cm] it _ coming.
[Eb] _ _ [C] [Bb] It [Cm] was red behind your eyes.
_ _ You [F] were young and it was [Ab] summer.
_ _ [Eb] I [C] just had to take a dive. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] Winning you was easy, [Eb] _ [Dm] but darkness [C] was the [F] prize.
[Cm] _
_ [G] _ I [C] don't smoke no [Cm] cigarette. _
_ _ I don't drink no alcohol. _
_ _ [C] I [F] ain't had much lovin' yet, [Ab] _
_ _ [F] _ [C] but that's always been your call.
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ [G] Hey, I don't miss it, baby.
[Eb] I got no [Dm] taste for anything [Cm] at all.
_ [F] _ _
[G] _ I [Bb] used to [Cm] love the rainbow.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ [Cm] And I used to love the view.
_ _ _ [C] [F] I loved the early morning. _
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] I [Cm] pretend that it was you. _
_ _ [Gm] But I caught the darkness, baby. _
[Eb] And [Bb] I got it [Cm] worse than you.
[F] _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] It was [C] drinkin' from your cup. _
[Cm] _ _ [F] I caught the darkness.
_ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] Drinkin' from your cup.
[Cm] _
_ _ [C] [G] I said, is this contagious?
[Eb] _
You [Dm] said, [Cm] just drink it up.
_ [F] _ [Cm] _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Leonard Cohen.

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