Chords for Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song

Tempo:
99.5 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

F#

G#m

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song chords
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[B]
Well, my friends are gone and my hair is gray
I ache in the places where I used to play [E] and I'm crazy for love
But I'm not [B] coming on
I'm [F#] just paying my rent [E] every day in the Tower of [B] Song
I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet, but [E] I hear him coughing
All [B] night long
Oh, [F#m] a hundred [F#] floors above [E] me
In the Tower [B] of Song
[Bm]
[E]
[B] [F#]
[B] [F#]
I [B] was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
[E] And twenty-seven angels from the great [B] beyond
They [F#] tied me to this table [E] right here in the Tower [B] of Song
So you can stick your little hands in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, it doesn't look like me at all
[E] I'm standing by the window where the light [B] is strong
Ah, [F#] they don't let a woman kill [E] you, not in the Tower [B] of Song
[Bm]
[E]
[B] [F#]
[B] [F#]
Now [B] you can say that I've grown bitter, but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the [E] poor
And there's a mighty judgment coming, but I may [B] be wrong
You [F#] see, I hear these funny voices [E] in the Tower [B] of Song
[G#m] I see you standing [F#] on the other side
[G#m] I don't know how the [F#] river got so wide
[E] I loved you, baby, way [B] back when
And [G#m] all the bridges are burning [F#] that we might have crossed
But [G#m] I feel so close to [F#] everything that we lost
[E] We'll never, we'll never have to lose it [F#] again
[B] I bid you farewell, but don't know when I'll be back
They're moving us tomorrow to that [E] tower down the track
But you'll be hearing from me, baby, long after [B] I'm gone
I'll [F#] be speaking to you sweetly [E] from a window in the Tower [B] of Song
Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum,
[E]
[B]
[F#] [B]
[F#] [F] dum
Yeah, [B] my friends are gone and my hair is gray
I ache in the places where I used to play
And [E] I'm crazy for love, but I'm not [B] coming home
[F#] I'm just paying my rent every [E] day in the Tower [B] of Song
Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum
[E] [B]
[F#]
[B]
Key:  
B
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E
2311
F#
134211112
G#m
123111114
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
E
2311
F#
134211112
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, my friends are gone and my hair is gray
I ache in the places where I used to play [E] and I'm crazy for love
_ But I'm not [B] coming on
_ _ _ _ I'm [F#] just paying my rent [E] every day in the Tower of [B] Song _ _ _ _ _
I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
_ Hank Williams hasn't answered yet, but [E] I hear him coughing
_ _ All [B] night long
_ Oh, _ _ [F#m] a hundred [F#] floors above [E] me
In the Tower [B] of Song _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ I [B] was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
[E] And twenty-seven angels _ from the great [B] beyond _ _
_ _ They [F#] tied me to this table [E] right here in the Tower [B] of Song _ _
_ _ So you can stick your little hands in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, it doesn't look like me at all
[E] I'm standing by the window _ where the light [B] is strong _ _
_ _ Ah, [F#] they don't let a woman kill [E] you, not in the Tower [B] of Song _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ Now [B] you can say that I've grown bitter, but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the [E] poor
And there's a mighty judgment coming, _ but I may [B] be wrong _ _
_ _ You [F#] see, I hear these funny voices [E] _ in the Tower [B] of Song _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] I see you standing [F#] on the other side
[G#m] I don't know how the [F#] river got so wide
[E] I loved you, baby, way _ _ [B] back when _ _
_ _ And [G#m] all the bridges are burning [F#] that we might have crossed
But [G#m] I feel so close to [F#] everything that we lost
[E] We'll never, _ we'll never have to lose it [F#] again _ _
_ [B] I _ bid you farewell, but don't know when I'll be back
They're moving us tomorrow to that [E] tower down the track
But you'll be hearing from me, baby, _ long after [B] I'm gone
I'll _ _ _ [F#] be speaking to you sweetly [E] from a window in the Tower [B] of Song
Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [F] dum
Yeah, [B] my friends are gone and my hair is gray
I ache in the places where I used to play
And [E] I'm crazy for love, but I'm not [B] coming home _ _
_ _ [F#] I'm just paying my rent every [E] day in the Tower [B] of Song
Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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