Master Song Chords by Leonard Cohen

[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] I believe that you [Gm] heard your master sing [Ab] when I was sick [Gm] in bed.
[Ab] I suppose that he [Gm] told you everything [Ab] that I keep locked [Gm] away in my head.
[Ab] Your master took you, [Cm] Trav.
Well, [Eb] at least [F] that's what you said.
And [A] now do you [Bb] come back to [Dm] 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 [Cm] tired face in your hair
[Eb] and he hands you the [F] apple core.
[Bb] Then he touches [A] your lips [Bb] now so [A] suddenly bare [Eb] of all the kisses we put on sometime [D] before.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] And he gave you a [Gm] German shepherd to walk [Ab] with a collar of leather [Gm] and nails.
[Ab] And he never once made [Gm] you explain or [Ab] talk about all of the little [Gm] details
[Ab] such as who had a wool [Cm] and who had a rock [Eb] and who had you [F] through the mails.
[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] failed.
_ [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] bands.
And [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] 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.
[Ab] His body is [Cm] a golden string.
[Eb] My body has [F] grown numb.
[Bb] Oh, now [A] you hear [Bb] your master [Dm] sing.
[Eb] Your shirt is all [D] undone.
_ [Gm] _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] And will you kneel [Gm] beside this bed [Ab] 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 [Cm] and your knuckles are red and [Eb] you're speaking [F] far too low.
Now [Bb] I can't make out what your master 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.
[Ab] You get used to an empty [Gm] room.
[Ab] And 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 [Gm] master perfectly.
[Ab] I taught him [Gm] all that he knew.
[Ab] He was starving in [Gm] some deep mystery [Ab] like a man who is [Gm] sure what is true.
[Ab] And I sent you to [Cm] him with my guarantee I [Eb] could teach him something [F] new.
[Bb] And I taught him how you would long for [Eb] me no matter what he said, no matter [D] what 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 said.
[Bb] And [Dm] now you [Bb] come [Dm] back to bring [Eb] your prison _ [D] wine and bread. _
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