Chords for Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan (complete, German TV, February 17, 1988) @CurrentCohen

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[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ They [Bb] sentenced me to 20 years [Fm] of boredom _ _ _ _ [Bbm]
for trying to change the system [F] from where we are. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] I'm coming now.
I'm [Bbm] coming to _ [Fm] reward them.
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First, we take [Db] Manhattan. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ Then we take [Fm] Berlin.
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[Bbm] I'm guided by a signal in [Fm] the heavens.
_ _ _ I'm _
[Bbm] guided by this earth mark on my [Fm] skin.
I am guided by _ [Bbm] _
_ _ the beauty _ of [Fm] our weapons. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] First, we take [G] Manhattan. _ _
[C] _ _ _ Then we take [Fm] Berlin. _ _ _ _ _
I [Ab] feel like to live inside [Eb] you baby.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] I love your [Ab] body and your spirit and your _ love.
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ [Eb] But [Ab] the sea that binds [Db] us and moves [Ab] us [Fm] through the _ stage. _ _ _ _
[Eb] I told you, [Db] I told [Fm] you, told [C] you I was for [Fm] a_
_ _ _ _ _ I [Gb] [Bbm] love me as a loser.
_ But now [Fm] you're worried that I just might win.
_ [Bbm] You know the way to stop me.
_ _ But [Fm] you don't have the discipline.
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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.
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[Bbm] I don't like your fashion [Fm] business mister.
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And I don't like these drugs that keep you [Fm] thin. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] I don't like what happened to my [Fm] sister.
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[Eb] _ _ We take [G] Manhattan. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ Then we take [Fm] Berlin.
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[Ab] I feel like to _ [Bb] [Ab] live inside [Eb] you _ baby.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] I love [Ab] your body and your spirit and your [Fm] love.
_ _ [G] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb]
[Ab] But the sea that binds us and moves us through the [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] stage.
[Eb] I told you, I [Db] told _ you, [C] told you I was for [Fm] a_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ Yeah, I [Bbm] thank you for those items you [Fm] just sent me.
_ _ The [Bb] monkey _ and the [Bbm] plywood _ violin.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ I [Bb] practice [Bbm] every night.
_ Now [Fm] I'm ready. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] First, _ we take [Db] Manhattan. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ Then we take [Fm] Berlin.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ I [Db] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bb] remember me.
_ I used to live for [Fm] _ _ music. _ _ _
[Bbm] Remember me.
_ I brought your [Fm] groceries in.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Well [Bbm] it's Father's Day.
_ And _ [Fm] everybody's wounded. _ _ _ _
[Eb] First, _ we take [G] Manhattan. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ Then we take [Fm] Berlin.
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