Boogie Street Chords by Leonard Cohen
Tempo:
84.45 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
C#m
D
C#
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh, crown of [F#m] life.
Oh, darkened [Bm] one.
I [G] never [C#] thought we'd meet.
You kiss [F#m] my lips.
Oh, and then [Bm] you're gone.
And [A] .
[C#] I'm back on boogie street.
[F#m] A .
[B] [F#m] .
sip of wine, a cigarette .
And [C#m] then it's time to go.
[D] I tied it up, the kitchenette.
[Bm] I tuned the old [C#] banjo.
I'm [D] wanted at the traffic [C#] jam.
[F#m] They're saving me a seat.
[E] I'm what I am.
And what I am [D] is back on boogie [C#] street.
[C#m] And oh, [F#m] my love, I still recall.
The [C#m] .
pleasures that we knew.
The [F#m] rivers and the waterfall.
Wherein I bathed [C#] with you.
[F#m] .
Bewildered by your beauty there.
I kneeled to dry your feet.
By [C#m] .
such instruction.
You prepare [F#m] a man for [C#m] boogie [F#m] street.
Oh, crown of life.
Oh, [A] [D] darkened one.
[Bm] [C#m] I [Bm] [C#m] [Bm] [A] [D] never [C#m] thought [C#] .
we'd meet.
You [A] kiss [F#m] my lips.
And [A] then [D] it's done.
[Bm] And I'm [F#].
[D] back [C#] [C#m] on boogie [D] street.
[F#m] [A] So [C#m] [B] [F#m] .
come, my friends, be not afraid.
We [C#m] .
are so lightly here.
It [F#m] is in love that we are [D] made.
[F#m] In love we [C#] disappear.
[C#m] Though [Bm] all the maps [F#m] of blood and [C#] flesh.
[F#m] Are posted on the door.
[C#m] There's no one who has told us yet.
[D] What boogie street [C#m] [F#m] is for.
Oh, crown of life.
Oh, [A] [D] darkened one.
[Bm] .
[C#m] I never [D] [C#m] thought [C#] we'd meet.
You [A] kiss [F#m] my lips.
And then [D] it's done.
[F#m] [D] [Bm] And I'm [D] back [Bm] [C#] [C#m] on boogie [D] street.
[C#] [F#m] [E] A [A] [E] [F#m] .
sip of wine, a cigarette.
And [C#m] .
then it's time to go.
[F#m] I tied it up, the kitchenette.
I told the old [C#] man Joe.
[C#m] I [F#m] [Bm] wanted a bag, [F#m] the traffic jam.
They're saving me, you see.
[C#m]
Oh, darkened [Bm] one.
I [G] never [C#] thought we'd meet.
You kiss [F#m] my lips.
Oh, and then [Bm] you're gone.
And [A] .
[C#] I'm back on boogie street.
[F#m] A .
[B] [F#m] .
sip of wine, a cigarette .
And [C#m] then it's time to go.
[D] I tied it up, the kitchenette.
[Bm] I tuned the old [C#] banjo.
I'm [D] wanted at the traffic [C#] jam.
[F#m] They're saving me a seat.
[E] I'm what I am.
And what I am [D] is back on boogie [C#] street.
[C#m] And oh, [F#m] my love, I still recall.
The [C#m] .
pleasures that we knew.
The [F#m] rivers and the waterfall.
Wherein I bathed [C#] with you.
[F#m] .
Bewildered by your beauty there.
I kneeled to dry your feet.
By [C#m] .
such instruction.
You prepare [F#m] a man for [C#m] boogie [F#m] street.
Oh, crown of life.
Oh, [A] [D] darkened one.
[Bm] [C#m] I [Bm] [C#m] [Bm] [A] [D] never [C#m] thought [C#] .
we'd meet.
You [A] kiss [F#m] my lips.
And [A] then [D] it's done.
[Bm] And I'm [F#].
[D] back [C#] [C#m] on boogie [D] street.
[F#m] [A] So [C#m] [B] [F#m] .
come, my friends, be not afraid.
We [C#m] .
are so lightly here.
It [F#m] is in love that we are [D] made.
[F#m] In love we [C#] disappear.
[C#m] Though [Bm] all the maps [F#m] of blood and [C#] flesh.
[F#m] Are posted on the door.
[C#m] There's no one who has told us yet.
[D] What boogie street [C#m] [F#m] is for.
Oh, crown of life.
Oh, [A] [D] darkened one.
[Bm] .
[C#m] I never [D] [C#m] thought [C#] we'd meet.
You [A] kiss [F#m] my lips.
And then [D] it's done.
[F#m] [D] [Bm] And I'm [D] back [Bm] [C#] [C#m] on boogie [D] street.
[C#] [F#m] [E] A [A] [E] [F#m] .
sip of wine, a cigarette.
And [C#m] .
then it's time to go.
[F#m] I tied it up, the kitchenette.
I told the old [C#] man Joe.
[C#m] I [F#m] [Bm] wanted a bag, [F#m] the traffic jam.
They're saving me, you see.
[C#m]
Key:
F#m
C#m
D
C#
Bm
F#m
C#m
D
Oh, crown of [F#m] _ life.
_ Oh, _ darkened [Bm] one.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [G] _ _ _ never [C#] thought we'd meet.
_ _ You kiss [F#m] my lips.
_ _ Oh, and then [Bm] you're gone.
And _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
[C#] _ _ _ _ I'm back on boogie street.
[F#m] _ _ A _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ .
sip of wine, a cigarette _ .
And [C#m] _ then it's time to go.
_ _ [D] I tied it up, the kitchenette.
[Bm] I tuned the old [C#] banjo.
I'm [D] _ wanted at the traffic [C#] jam.
[F#m] They're saving me a seat.
_ _ [E] I'm what I am.
And what I am [D] is back on boogie [C#] street.
_ _ _ [C#m] And oh, [F#m] my love, I still recall.
The _ [C#m] _ .
pleasures that we knew.
The [F#m] rivers and the waterfall.
_ _ Wherein I bathed [C#] with you.
_ _ [F#m] _ .
Bewildered by your beauty there.
I kneeled to dry your feet.
By [C#m] _ .
such instruction.
You prepare [F#m] a man _ _ _ for [C#m] boogie [F#m] street.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ Oh, crown of life.
_ _ Oh, _ [A] [D] darkened one.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#m] I [Bm] _ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ [A] [D] never [C#m] thought [C#] _ _ .
_ we'd meet.
You [A] kiss [F#m] my lips.
_ _ And [A] then [D] it's done.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] And I'm [F#].
[D] back _ [C#] _ [C#m] on boogie [D] street.
[F#m] _ [A] So _ [C#m] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ come, my friends, be not afraid.
We [C#m] _ .
are so lightly here.
It [F#m] is in love that we are [D] made.
[F#m] In love we [C#] disappear.
[C#m] Though _ [Bm] all the maps [F#m] of blood and [C#] flesh.
[F#m] Are posted on the door.
_ _ [C#m] There's no one who has told us yet.
[D] What _ _ boogie street [C#m] [F#m] is for.
_ _ _ Oh, crown of life.
Oh, _ _ _ [A] [D] darkened one.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ .
[C#m] I never [D] [C#m] thought [C#] we'd _ _ meet.
You [A] kiss [F#m] my _ _ _ lips.
And then [D] it's done.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ [Bm] And I'm [D] back _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ [C#m] on boogie [D] street.
[C#] _ [F#m] [E] A [A] _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ sip of wine, a cigarette.
And _ [C#m] _ .
then it's time to go.
_ [F#m] I tied it up, the kitchenette.
I told the old [C#] man Joe.
[C#m] I _ [F#m] [Bm] wanted a bag, [F#m] the traffic jam.
They're saving me, you see.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ Oh, _ darkened [Bm] one.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [G] _ _ _ never [C#] thought we'd meet.
_ _ You kiss [F#m] my lips.
_ _ Oh, and then [Bm] you're gone.
And _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
[C#] _ _ _ _ I'm back on boogie street.
[F#m] _ _ A _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ .
sip of wine, a cigarette _ .
And [C#m] _ then it's time to go.
_ _ [D] I tied it up, the kitchenette.
[Bm] I tuned the old [C#] banjo.
I'm [D] _ wanted at the traffic [C#] jam.
[F#m] They're saving me a seat.
_ _ [E] I'm what I am.
And what I am [D] is back on boogie [C#] street.
_ _ _ [C#m] And oh, [F#m] my love, I still recall.
The _ [C#m] _ .
pleasures that we knew.
The [F#m] rivers and the waterfall.
_ _ Wherein I bathed [C#] with you.
_ _ [F#m] _ .
Bewildered by your beauty there.
I kneeled to dry your feet.
By [C#m] _ .
such instruction.
You prepare [F#m] a man _ _ _ for [C#m] boogie [F#m] street.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ Oh, crown of life.
_ _ Oh, _ [A] [D] darkened one.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#m] I [Bm] _ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ [A] [D] never [C#m] thought [C#] _ _ .
_ we'd meet.
You [A] kiss [F#m] my lips.
_ _ And [A] then [D] it's done.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] And I'm [F#].
[D] back _ [C#] _ [C#m] on boogie [D] street.
[F#m] _ [A] So _ [C#m] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ come, my friends, be not afraid.
We [C#m] _ .
are so lightly here.
It [F#m] is in love that we are [D] made.
[F#m] In love we [C#] disappear.
[C#m] Though _ [Bm] all the maps [F#m] of blood and [C#] flesh.
[F#m] Are posted on the door.
_ _ [C#m] There's no one who has told us yet.
[D] What _ _ boogie street [C#m] [F#m] is for.
_ _ _ Oh, crown of life.
Oh, _ _ _ [A] [D] darkened one.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ .
[C#m] I never [D] [C#m] thought [C#] we'd _ _ meet.
You [A] kiss [F#m] my _ _ _ lips.
And then [D] it's done.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ [Bm] And I'm [D] back _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ [C#m] on boogie [D] street.
[C#] _ [F#m] [E] A [A] _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ sip of wine, a cigarette.
And _ [C#m] _ .
then it's time to go.
_ [F#m] I tied it up, the kitchenette.
I told the old [C#] man Joe.
[C#m] I _ [F#m] [Bm] wanted a bag, [F#m] the traffic jam.
They're saving me, you see.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _