Chords for Leonard Cohen - Steer Your Way (Official Audio)
Tempo:
87 bpm
Chords used:
C#m
C#
F#m
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [B]
[C#] [C#m]
Steer your way past the [C#] ruins of the altar in the mall.
Steer [F#m] your way through the fables of creation and the fall.
[C#m] Steer your way past the palaces [C#] that rise above the rot year [G#] by year,
month by month, [F#m] day by day,
[B] thought [C#] by thought.
[C#m] Steer your heart past the truth you believed in yesterday,
[F#m] such as fundamental goodness and the wisdom of the way.
[C#m] Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought,
year [G#] by year, month by month, [F#m] day by day,
[B] [C#] thought by thought.
[C#]
[C#m]
Steer your way through the pain that is far more real than you,
[F#m] that smashes a cosmic model, that blinded every view.
[C#m] And please don't make me go there, though there be a god or not,
[G#] year by year, month by month, [F#m] day by day, [B]
[C#] thought by thought.
[C#m]
[A] They whisper still ancient stones, the blunted mountains [E] weep.
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make [E] things cheap.
[B] Save me, Cooper, [E] which you probably forgot,
year [G#] by year, month by month, [A] day by day,
[B] thought [C#] by thought.
[C#m]
Steer your way, oh my heart, though I have no right to ask,
[F#m] to the one who was never, never equal to the task.
[C#m] Who knows he's been convicted?
Who knows he will be shot?
Year [G#] by year, month by month, [F#m] day by day, [B]
[C#] thought by thought.
[C#m]
[A] They whisper still the ancient stones, the blunted [E] mountains weep.
As he [A] died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap.
[B] Save me, Cooper, [A] which you gradually forgot,
year [G#] by year, month by month, [A] day by day,
[B] thought [C#] by thought.
[C#m]
[F#m]
[C#m]
[G#]
[F#m]
Thank you for watching!
[C#] [C#m]
Steer your way past the [C#] ruins of the altar in the mall.
Steer [F#m] your way through the fables of creation and the fall.
[C#m] Steer your way past the palaces [C#] that rise above the rot year [G#] by year,
month by month, [F#m] day by day,
[B] thought [C#] by thought.
[C#m] Steer your heart past the truth you believed in yesterday,
[F#m] such as fundamental goodness and the wisdom of the way.
[C#m] Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought,
year [G#] by year, month by month, [F#m] day by day,
[B] [C#] thought by thought.
[C#]
[C#m]
Steer your way through the pain that is far more real than you,
[F#m] that smashes a cosmic model, that blinded every view.
[C#m] And please don't make me go there, though there be a god or not,
[G#] year by year, month by month, [F#m] day by day, [B]
[C#] thought by thought.
[C#m]
[A] They whisper still ancient stones, the blunted mountains [E] weep.
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make [E] things cheap.
[B] Save me, Cooper, [E] which you probably forgot,
year [G#] by year, month by month, [A] day by day,
[B] thought [C#] by thought.
[C#m]
Steer your way, oh my heart, though I have no right to ask,
[F#m] to the one who was never, never equal to the task.
[C#m] Who knows he's been convicted?
Who knows he will be shot?
Year [G#] by year, month by month, [F#m] day by day, [B]
[C#] thought by thought.
[C#m]
[A] They whisper still the ancient stones, the blunted [E] mountains weep.
As he [A] died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap.
[B] Save me, Cooper, [A] which you gradually forgot,
year [G#] by year, month by month, [A] day by day,
[B] thought [C#] by thought.
[C#m]
[F#m]
[C#m]
[G#]
[F#m]
Thank you for watching!
Key:
C#m
C#
F#m
B
A
C#m
C#
F#m
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Steer your way past the [C#] ruins of the altar in the mall.
Steer [F#m] your way through the fables of creation and the fall.
[C#m] Steer your way past the palaces [C#] that rise above the rot year [G#] by year, _
month by month, _ [F#m] day by day, _
_ [B] _ _ thought [C#] by thought. _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Steer your heart past the truth you believed in yesterday,
[F#m] such as fundamental goodness and the wisdom of the way.
[C#m] Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought,
year [G#] by year, _ month by month, _ [F#m] day by day, _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] thought by thought.
[C#] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Steer your way through the pain that is far more real than you,
[F#m] that smashes a cosmic model, that blinded every view.
[C#m] And please don't make me go there, though there be a god or not,
[G#] year by year, _ month by month, _ [F#m] day by day, _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] thought by thought.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[A] They whisper still ancient stones, the blunted mountains [E] weep.
_ _ _ _ As he died to make men holy, let us die to make [E] things cheap. _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Save me, Cooper, [E] which you probably forgot,
year [G#] by year, _ month by month, _ [A] day by day, _
_ [B] _ _ thought [C#] by thought.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Steer your way, oh my heart, though I have no right to ask,
[F#m] to the one who was never, never equal to the task.
[C#m] Who knows he's been convicted?
Who knows he will be shot?
Year [G#] by year, _ month by month, _ [F#m] day by day, _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] thought by thought.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[A] They whisper still the ancient stones, the blunted [E] mountains weep.
_ _ _ _ As he [A] died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap. _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Save me, Cooper, [A] which you gradually forgot,
year [G#] by year, month by month, _ [A] day by day, _
_ [B] _ _ thought [C#] by thought. _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ Thank _ you for watching! _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Steer your way past the [C#] ruins of the altar in the mall.
Steer [F#m] your way through the fables of creation and the fall.
[C#m] Steer your way past the palaces [C#] that rise above the rot year [G#] by year, _
month by month, _ [F#m] day by day, _
_ [B] _ _ thought [C#] by thought. _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Steer your heart past the truth you believed in yesterday,
[F#m] such as fundamental goodness and the wisdom of the way.
[C#m] Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought,
year [G#] by year, _ month by month, _ [F#m] day by day, _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] thought by thought.
[C#] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Steer your way through the pain that is far more real than you,
[F#m] that smashes a cosmic model, that blinded every view.
[C#m] And please don't make me go there, though there be a god or not,
[G#] year by year, _ month by month, _ [F#m] day by day, _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] thought by thought.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[A] They whisper still ancient stones, the blunted mountains [E] weep.
_ _ _ _ As he died to make men holy, let us die to make [E] things cheap. _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Save me, Cooper, [E] which you probably forgot,
year [G#] by year, _ month by month, _ [A] day by day, _
_ [B] _ _ thought [C#] by thought.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Steer your way, oh my heart, though I have no right to ask,
[F#m] to the one who was never, never equal to the task.
[C#m] Who knows he's been convicted?
Who knows he will be shot?
Year [G#] by year, _ month by month, _ [F#m] day by day, _ [B] _ _ _
[C#] thought by thought.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[A] They whisper still the ancient stones, the blunted [E] mountains weep.
_ _ _ _ As he [A] died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap. _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Save me, Cooper, [A] which you gradually forgot,
year [G#] by year, month by month, _ [A] day by day, _
_ [B] _ _ thought [C#] by thought. _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ Thank _ you for watching! _