Chords for Leonard Cohen - Light as the Breeze (Official Audio)

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_ _ _ _ She stands before you naked.
[C] _ [Dm] You can see it.
You can taste it.
[G] And she comes to [Dm] you layed [C] as the breeze.
_ _ Now you can drink it or you can nurse it.
[Dm] It don't matter how you worship.
[G] As long as you're down on [C] your knees.
_ _ So I knelt there at the delta, [Dm] at the alpha, and the omega.
_ [G] At the cradle of the river [C] and the sea.
_ _ And like a blessing [C] come from heaven.
[Dm] For something like a second.
[G] I was healed and [D] my heart was [C] at ease.
_ _ _ [E] Oh baby I waited [Am] so long for your kiss.
[E] For something to happen.
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Oh, _ something [C] like this.
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_ _ _ _ [C] And you're weak and you're harmless.
[Dm] And you're sleeping in your harness.
[G] And the wind [G] going wild [Am] in the trees.
[C] _ _ _ And it ain't exactly prison.
[Dm] But you'll never be forgiven.
[G] For whatever you've done [Am] with the keys.
[C] _ _ _ [E] Oh baby I waited [Am] so long for your kiss.
[E] For something to happen.
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Oh, _ something _ [C]
like this.
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_ _ _ _ [C] It's dark now and it's snowing.
[Dm] Oh my love I must be going.
[G] The river has started [C] to freeze.
_ _ _ And I'm sick of pretending.
[Dm] I'm broken from bending.
[G] I've lived too [D] long [C] on my knees.
_ _ Then she dances so graceful.
[Dm] And your heart's hard and hateful.
And [G] she's naked but that's just [C] a tease.
_ _ _ And you're turning _ disgust.
From [Dm] your hatred and from your love.
[G] And she comes to you like [C] a breeze.
_ _ Oh [E]
baby I waited [Am] so long for your kiss.
[E] For something to happen.
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Oh, _ something [C] like this.
_ [G] Something [D] like this.
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_ _ _ _ [C] There's blood on her bracelet.
You [Dm] can see it.
You can taste it.
_ [G] And it's please baby please.
Baby [C] please.
_ _ _ _ And she says drink deeply pilgrim.
But [Dm] don't forget there's still a woman.
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Beneath this ray of [D] splendor.
[C] So _ _ I [E] knelt there at the delta.
_ [Am] At the alpha and the omega.
_ [E] I knelt there like one [F] who believes.
_ _ _ [C] And the blessings come from heaven.
And [D] for something like a second.
_ [Dm] _ I'm [G] cured and [D] my heart is at [G] ease.
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