Chords for The Window - Leonard Cohen

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The Window - Leonard Cohen chords
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[A] [Em]
[A] [E]
[D]
[A]
[E]
[D]
[A]
Why do you stand by the [E] window,
[D] Abandoned to beauty [A] and pride?
The thorn of the night [E] in your bosom, [D] The spear of the [A] age in your side,
[E] [A] Lost in the rages of [E] fragrance, Or [D] lost in the rites of [A] remorse,
Lost in the waves of [E] his sickness, [D] That loosens the high [A] silver nerves.
[E] O chosen love, O frozen love, O [D]
tangle of [E] [A] matter and ghosts,
[E] O darling of angels, Demons and saints, [D] And the whole broken [A] hearted host,
Gentle [E] this soul, And come [A] forth from your cloud of [E] unknowing,
[D] And kiss the cheek of [A] the moon, The new Jerusalem [E] glowing.
[D] Why tarry all [A] night in this room, And leave no word of [E] discomfort,
Or leave [D] no observer to [A] mourn, But climb on your [C#m] tears and be [E] silent,
Like [D] the rose on [F#m] its ladder [Bm] [A] of thorn.
[E] O chosen love, O frozen love, [D] O tangle of matter [A] and ghosts,
O [E] darling of angels, Demons and saints, [D] And the whole broken [Bm] [A] hearted host,
Gentle [E] this soul, [A] Then lay your [E] rose on the fire,
The [D] fire give up to [A] the sun, The sun give over to [E]
splendor,
In [D] the arms of [F#m] the high [G#] [A] holy one, For the holy one dreams [E] of a letter,
[D] Ah dreams of a [A] letter's death, Bless the continuous [E]
stutter,
Of [D] the word being [A] made [G#] [A] into flesh.
O [E] chosen love, O frozen love, [Bm] O tangle [D] [A] of matter and ghosts,
O [E]
darling of angels, Demons and saints, And [D] the whole broken [F#m] [G#] [A] hearted host,
[E] [A] Gentle [E] this soul,
[D] Gentle [A]
[E] this [A]
soul.
[E] O [D]
[A]
[E]
[D]
[A] [D] [A]
[E]
[D]
[E] [A]
[E]
[D]
[A]
[E] chosen love, O frozen love, [D] O tangle [Bm] of matter [A] and ghosts,
[E] O darling of angels, Demons and saints, [D] And the whole [Bm] broken [A] hearted host,
[E] [F#m] Gentle [E] this soul,
[D] Gentle [C#m]
[E] this [A]
soul.
[N]
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Why do you stand by the [E] window, _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ Abandoned to beauty [A] and pride? _ _
The thorn of the night _ [E] in your bosom, _ _ _ [D] The spear of the [A] age in your side, _
_ [E] _ [A] Lost in the rages of [E] _ fragrance, _ Or [D] lost in the rites of [A] _ remorse,
_ _ _ _ Lost in the waves of [E] his sickness, _ _ _ [D] That loosens the high [A] silver _ nerves.
_ [E] O chosen _ love, O frozen _ love, O [D]
tangle of [E] [A] matter and ghosts,
_ _ _ [E] O darling of angels, _ _ Demons and saints, [D] And the whole broken [A] _ hearted host,
_ _ Gentle [E] this soul, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And come [A] forth from your cloud of [E] unknowing, _ _ _
[D] And kiss the cheek of [A] the moon, _ _ The new _ Jerusalem [E] _ glowing. _ _
[D] Why tarry all [A] night in this room, _ _ _ And leave no word _ of [E] discomfort,
_ Or _ leave [D] no _ observer to [A] _ mourn, _ But climb on your [C#m] tears and be [E] silent, _ _
Like [D] the rose on [F#m] its ladder [Bm] [A] of thorn. _ _
[E] O chosen _ love, O frozen _ love, [D] O tangle of matter [A] and ghosts, _
O [E] darling of _ angels, _ Demons and saints, [D] And the whole broken _ [Bm] [A] hearted host, _
Gentle [E] this soul, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Then lay your [E] rose on the fire,
_ _ _ The [D] fire give up to [A] the sun, _ _ _ The sun give over to [E] _
splendor,
_ In [D] the arms of [F#m] the high [G#] [A] holy _ one, _ For the holy one dreams [E] of a letter,
_ _ _ [D] Ah dreams of a _ [A] letter's death, _ _ _ _ Bless the _ continuous [E] _
stutter,
_ Of [D] the word being [A] made [G#] [A] into flesh.
_ O [E] chosen love, _ O frozen _ love, [Bm] O tangle [D] [A] of matter and ghosts,
_ _ O [E] _
darling of angels, _ _ Demons and saints, And [D] the whole broken [F#m] _ [G#] [A] hearted host,
_ [E] [A] Gentle [E] this soul, _ _ _
[D] _ _ Gentle [A] _ _
[E] _ this [A] _ _
soul. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] O _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] chosen love, _ O frozen love, _ [D] O tangle _ [Bm] of matter [A] and ghosts,
_ _ [E] O darling of angels, _ Demons and saints, [D] And the whole [Bm] broken _ _ [A] hearted host,
_ _ [E] [F#m] Gentle [E] this _ soul, _ _ _
[D] _ _ Gentle [C#m] _ _
_ [E] _ this [A] _ _
soul. _ _ _ _
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