First We Take Manhattan Chords by Leonard Cohen

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_ They [Bb] sentenced me to 20 years [Fm] of boredom For _ _ [Bbm] _ trying to change the system from [F] within _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] I'm coming now, I'm [Bbm] coming to [Fm] _ _ reward them
_ [Eb] _ _ First we take [Db] Manhattan, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ then we [Fm] take Berlin
[F] _ I'm
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_ _ _ [Bbm] guided by a signal in [Fm] the heavens _ _
_ [Bbm] I'm guided by this bird mark on my [Fm] skin _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] I'm guided by the beauty of [Fm] our weapons _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] First we take [G]
Manhattan, _ _ [C] _ _ _ then we take [Fm] _ _ Berlin _
_ _ I'm [Ab] feeling like [Db] to live [Ab] inside [Eb] you baby
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I [Eb] love [Ab] your body and your spirit and [Fm] your blood _ _
_ [Ab] I can see the light _ [Db]
[Ab] moving [Fm] through the _ station _
I _ _ [Eb] told you, [Db] I told _ you, [C] told you I was born [F] a
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_ _ [Bbm] _ I was a loser, _ _ but now [Fm] you're worried that I just might win
_ You know [Bbm] the way to stop me, _ but [Fm] you don't have the discipline
_ [Bbm] How many nights I prayed for this [Fm] to let my work [C] begin
_ _ [Eb] First we take Manhattan, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ then we [Fm] take Berlin
_ I [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ don't like your fashion business [Fm] mister
_ And _ [G] _ [Bbm] I don't like these drugs that keep you [Fm] thin
_ I _
_ _ _ [Bb] don't like what happened to my [Fm] sister
_ We _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ take [G] Manhattan, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ then we take _ [Fm] Berlin
I'm _
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_ _ [Ab] feeling like to live inside [Eb] you baby _
[F] I [Eb] love [Ab] your body and your spirit and [Fm] your blood
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_ _ [Bbm] [Eb] I told you, _ [Db] I told _ you, [C] told you I was born [Fm] a _ _ _ _
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May I [Bb] thank you [Bbm] for those items that [Fm] you sent me _
_ The [Bb] monkey _ and the [Bbm] plywood _ [Fm] violin
_ I _
_ _ _ [Bb] practice every [Bbm] night, _ now [Fm] I'm ready _ _ _
_ First [Eb] _ _ we take [Db] Manhattan, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ then we take _ [Fm] Berlin
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_ Now [Db] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] remember me, _ I used to live for [Fm] _ music _ _
_ _ [Bbm] Remember me, _ I brought your groceries [Fm] in _ _ _
_ [Bbm] Well it's Father's Day _ and _ [Fm] everybody's wounded _ _
[Gm] First _ [Eb] _ we take [G] Manhattan, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ then we take [Fm] Berlin _ _ _ _
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