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First We Take Manhattan Chords

Music by: Leonard Cohen · 1988
Genre Rock Tone F minor BPM 122 Views 261
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[Intro 1]
[Am][Am][Em][Em]
[Am][Am][Em][Em]
[Am][Am][Em][Em]
[D][C][B]
[Em][Em]

[Verse 1]
They [Am]sentenced me
to twenty years of [Em]boredom
For [Am]trying to change
the system from with[Em]in
I'm [Am]coming now, I'm coming to re[Em]ward them
[D]First we take Man[C]hattan,
[B]then we take Berlin[Em]
[Em][Em][Em]

[Verse 2]
I'm [Am]guided by a signal in the [Em]heavens (guided)
I'm [Am]guided by this birthmark
on my skin [Em](guided guided by)
I'm [Am]guided by the beauty of our [Em]weapons
[D]First we take Man[C]hattan,
[B]then we take Berlin[Em]

[Bridge 1]
I'd [G]really like to live beside you, [D]baby
[C]I lov[D]e your bod[G]y
and your spirit and your [Em]clothes
[D]But you [G]see that line there
moving through the [Em]station?
I [D]told you, I [C]told you,
[B]told you, I was one of [Em]those

[Verse 3]
Ah, [Am]you loved me as a loser
But now you're [Em]worried that I just might win
You know the [Am]way to stop me,
but you [Em]don't have the discipline
How [Am]many nights I prayed for this,
[Em]to let my work begin
[D]First we take Man[C]hattan,
[B]then we take Berlin[Em]
[Em][Em][Em]

[Verse 4]
[Am]I don't like your fashion business, mi[Em]ster
And [Am]I don't like these drugs
that keep you [Em]thin
[Am]I don't like what happened to my sis[Em]ter
[D]First we take Man[C]hattan,
[B]then we take Berlin[Em]
[Em][Em][Em]

[Bridge 2]
I [G]really like to live beside you, [D]baby
[C]I lov[D]e your bod[G]y
and your spirit and your [Em]clothes
[D]But you [G]see that line there
moving through the [Em]station?
I [D]told you, I [C]told you,
[B]told you, I was one of [Em]those

[Verse 5]
And I [Am]thank you for those items
that [Em]you sent me, ha ha ha
The mon[Am]key and the plywood vio[Em]lin
I [Am]practiced every night, now I'm [Em]ready
[D]First we take Man[C]hattan,
[B]then we take Berlin
[Em](I am gu[C]id[B]ed)

[Verse 6]
Ah re[Am]member me,
I used to live for [Em]mu sic (baby)
Re[Am]member me,
I brought your groceries [Em]in (baby, yeah)
Well, it's [Am]Father's Day
and everybody's [Em]wounded
[D]First we take Man[C]hattan,
[B]then we take Berlin

[Outro 1]
[Em][Em][D]
[Em][Em][D]
[Em][Em][D]
[Em][Em][D]
[Repeat and fade]
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