TOWER OF SONG Leonard Cohen
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Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
C G
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
D C
I'm just paying my rent everyday
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I said to Hank Williams: How lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet.
C G
But I hear him coughing all night long
D C
A hundred floors above me
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I was born like this, I had no choice.
I was born with the gift of a golden voice.
C G
And twenty-seven angels from the Great beyond
D C
They tied me to this table right here
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So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
C G
I'm standing by the window where the light is strong
D C
They don't let a woman kill you, not
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Now 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 poor
C
And there's a mighty judgment coming
G
But I may be wrong
D C
You see, you hear these funny voices
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Em D
I see you standing on the other side
Em D
I don't know how the river got so wide
C G
I loved you, baby, way back when
Em D
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
Em D
But I feel so close to everything that we lost
C D
We'll never have to lose it again
G
I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back
They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
C
But You'll be hearing from me, baby
G
Long after I'm gone
D C
I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window
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In the Tower of Song
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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