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The Letters by Leonard Cohen
The Letters
Tuning: E A D G B E
Chords:
D7sus4 x57585
D/A 557775
D#maj7 x68786
D#7sus4 x68696
D#/A# 668886
Emaj7 x79897
Intro:
Gm D7sus4 D7 Gm Dm7 D/A
Gm D7sus4 D7
You never liked to get
Gm Dm7 D/A
The letters that I sent
Gm D7sus4 D7
But now you've got the gist
D#maj7 D7sus4 D
Of what my letters meant
Gm D7sus4 D7
You're reading them again,
Gm Dm7 D/A
The ones you didn't burn
Gm D7sus4 D7
You press them to your lips,
D#maj7 D7sus4 D
My pages of concern
Cm7 Gm
I said there'd been a flood
Cm7 Gm
I said there's nothing left
F D#
I hoped that you would come
D
I gave you my address
G#m D#7sus4 D#7
Your story was so long,
G#m D#m7 D#/A#
The plot was so intense,
G#m D#7sus4 D#7
It took you years to cross
Emaj7 D#7sus4 D#
The lines of self-defense
G#m D#7sus4 D#7
The wounded forms appear:
G#m D#m7 D#/A#
The loss, the full extent;
G#m D#7sus4 D#7
And simple kindness here,
Emaj7 D#7sus4 D#
The solitude of strength
C#m7 G#m
I said there'd been a flood
C#m7 G#m
I said there's nothing left
F# E
I hoped that you would come
D#7sus4 D#
I gave you my address
Gm D7sus4 D7
You walk into my room
Gm Dm7 D/A
You stand there at my desk,
Gm D7sus4 D7
Begin your letter to
Gm Dm7 D/A
The one who's coming next
D# D7
(Begin your letter to)
D#maj7 D7 Gm
(Oooooooo the one who's coming next)
Spoken:
Gm D7sus4 D7 (You never liked to get the letters that I sent)
Gm Dm7 D/A (But now you've got the gist of what my letters meant)
Gm D7sus4 D7 (You're reading them again, the ones you didn't burn)
D#maj7 D7sus4 D7 (You press them to your lips, my pages of concern)
Gm D7sus4 D7 (I said there'd been a flood I said there's nothing left)
Gm Dm7 D/A (I hoped that you would come I gave you my address)
Gm D7sus4 D7 (Your story was so long, the plot was so intense,)
D#maj7 D7sus4 D7 (It took you years to cross the lines of self-defense)
Gm D7sus4 D7 (The wounded forms appear: the loss, the full extent;)
Gm (And simple kindness here, the solitude of strength)
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