Chords for Leonard Cohen - The Traitor (Official Audio)

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Now _ _ _ _ _ the swan, _ it floated [D] on _ the [A] English River,
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_ _ Ah, the _ rose of high [D] _ _
romance, _ it opened wide. _ _ _ _
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[C#] A suntanned [C#] woman _
_ [F#m] yawned _ through the [D] summer, _ _ _ _
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And the [E] judges _ _ watched us [D] from _ the other _ [A] _ side. _
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_ I told my mother, [D] Mother, _ _ I must [A] leave you, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Preserve my room, [D] but do not shed [A] a tear, _
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rumors _ of [F#m] a shabby _ _ [D] ending reach you.
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It _ [E] was half my fault [D] and half the [E] _ _
atmosphere, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But the _ rose I sickened [D] with _ a scarlet [A] fever, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And the swan I tempted [D] with a sense of [A] shame. _ _ _
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She said [C#] at _ _ last [F#] I was [F#m] her finest [D] lover, _ _ _
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[B] And if she withered _ I would be to [E] blame. _ _ _
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_ _ [A] The judges _ _ [D] said, You missed it _ by [A] a fraction,
_ _ Rise _ _ _ _ _ _ up and brace [D] your troops _ for the [A] attack,
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_ _ Ah, [C#] the _ dreamers ride [F#m] against the men [D] of action.
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_ _ _ _ [E] Oh, see the men [D] of action _ _ [A] falling back, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But I _ _ lingered on [D] her thighs a [A] fatal _ moment. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I kissed _ her [D] lips as though I _ [A] thirsted still, _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ falsity, [F#m] it stung me like [D] a _ hornet.
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_ _ _ [E] The poison sank and [D] it _ paralyzed _ [A] my will.
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_ _ I could not move [D] to warn all the [A] younger soldiers
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_ _ That they had been [D] deserted _ from _ [A] _ above.
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_ So [C#] on _ _ _ battlefields from [F#m] here to _ _ [D] Barcelona, _ _
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_ I'm [B] listed _ with the enemies _ of [E] _ love.
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_ _ [A] And _ long ago she [D] said I _ must [A] be leaving, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Ah, but keep my body [D] here _ _ to [A] lie upon, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You [C#] can move it up [F#m] and down and when [D] I'm _ sleeping,
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_ _ Run [E] some wire _ through [D] that _ rose and wind [A] the swan. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So daily _ I [D] renew _ my [A] idle duty, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I touch her here [D] and there, _ I know [A] my _ place. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] I kiss her open _ [F#m] mouth and I _ [D] praise her beauty,
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And _ _ [E] people _ call [D] me traitor _ to [A] my face. _ _ _ _ _
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