Master Song Chords by Leonard Cohen

[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] I believe that you [Gm] heard your master sing _ [Ab] when I was [Gm] sick in bed.
I [Ab] suppose that he told [Gm] you everything that [Ab] I keep locked away [Gm] in my head.
_ [Ab] Your master took you [Cm] trap, _ well [Eb] at least _ [F] that's what you said.
_ [Bb] And now [Dm] do you [Bb] come back [A] to bring [Eb] your prisoner _ _ _ _ wine [D] and bread.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ab] You met him at [Gm] some temple _ [Ab] where they'd take your clothes [Gm] at the door.
_ [Ab] He was just an [Gm] humberless man in a chair.
[Ab] _ Just come back [Gm] from the war _ [Ab] and you wrap up his tired [Cm] face in your hair.
[Eb] And he hands you the [F] apple core.
_ [Bb] Then he touches [A] your lips [Bb] now so suddenly [A] bare [Eb] of all the kisses we put on _ sometime [D] before.
_ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ And [Ab] he gave you a German [Gm] shepherd to walk [Ab] with a collar of leather [Gm] and nails.
[Ab] And he never once [Gm] made you explain or [Ab] talk about all of the little [Gm] detail.
_ [Ab] Such as who had a world and [Cm] who had a rock [Eb] and who had you [F] through the mail.
_ [Bb] Now your love [A] is a secret [Bb] all over [A] the block [Eb] and it never stops not even when your master [D]
fails.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Ab] And he took you up [Gm] in his airplane [Ab] which he flew without [Gm] any hands.
[Ab] And you cruised above [Gm] the ribbons of rain [Ab] that drove the crowd [Gm] from the stands.
_ [Ab] Then he killed the lights [Cm] in a lonely lane [Eb] and an ape with [F] angel glands.
[Bb] He erased [A] the final [Bb]
wisps [Dm] of pain [Eb] with the music of _ _ rubber [D] band.
_ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] And now I hear [Gm] your master sing.
[Ab] You kneel for [Gm] him to come.
_ [Ab] His body is [Gm] a golden string [Ab] that your body is [Gm] hanging from.
_ His [Ab] body is [Cm] a golden string.
[Eb] My body has [F] grown numb.
_ [Bb] Oh now you hear your master [Dm] sing.
[Eb] Your shirt is all _ _ _ [D]
undone.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] And will you kneel [Gm]
beside this bed [Ab] that we polished so [Gm] long ago.
_ _ [Ab] Before your master [Gm]
chose instead [Ab] to make my bed [Gm] of snow.
_ [Ab] Your eyes are wild and [Cm] your knuckles are red and [Eb] you're speaking [F] far too low.
Now [Bb] I can't make out what your master [Dm] said [Eb] before. _ _ _
He made you [D] go.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] Now I think you're playing [Gm] far too rough [Ab] for a lady who's been [Gm] to the moon.
_ [Ab] I've lain by this [Gm] window long enough.
You [Ab] get used to an empty [Gm] room.
And [Ab] your love is some dust [Cm] in an old man's cup [Eb] who is tapping his foot [F] to a tune.
_ [Bb] And your [A] thighs are ruined [Bb] you want [Dm] too much.
[Eb]
Let's say you came back _ sometime [D] too soon.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] I loved your master [Gm] perfectly.
_ [Ab] I taught him all that [Gm] he knew.
He [Ab] was starving in some [Gm] deep mystery.
[Ab] Like a man who is sure [Gm] what is true.
_ [Ab] And I sent you to him [Cm] with my guarantee [Eb] I could teach him something [F] new.
_ [Bb] And I taught him how you would long for me [Eb] no matter what he said.
No matter what [D] you do. _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Ab] I believe that you heard [Gm] your master sing [Ab] while I was sick [Gm] in bed. _
[Ab] I'm sure that he told [Gm] you everything.
I [Ab] must keep locked away [Gm] in my head. _
[Ab] Your master _ [Cm] took you traveling.
[Eb] Well at least that's [F] what you say. _
[Bb] And [Dm] now do you [Bb] come back [Dm] to bring [Eb] your prison. _ _ _ _
[D] Wine and bread. _ _ _ _
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