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The Smokey Life by Leonard Cohen
The Smokey Life
[Chords]
A/G 3x2220
F#m7 242222
F13 131231
G#dim xx0101 or 456464
E7/G# 420100
E/D xx0100 or xx0454
[Intro]
A A/G F#m7 F13
A A/G F#m7 F13
E E F#m/E E7 A/E Bm/E E
[Verse]
A A/G F#m7 F13
I've never seen your eyes so wide
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em
I've never seen your appetite quite this occupied
D Dm7 A G#dim A E7/G# A E7/G#
Elsewhere is your feast of love, I know
A A/G F#m7 F13
Long ago we agreed to keep it light
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em
So let's be married one more night
[Chorus]
D Dm7 A E7/G#
It's light, light enough
A E7/G# A E7/G#
To let it go
D Dm7 A G#dim
It's light enough
A Bm7 C
To let it go
[Post-Chorus]
C# F#m B7 F#m B7
Remember when the scenery started fading
C# F#m B7 F#m B7
I held you 'til you learned to walk on air
D E/D
So don't look down, the ground is gone
C#m7 F#m
There's no one waving anyway
B Bm7 E
The smokey life is practiced everywhere
[Verse]
A A/G F#m7 F13
So set your restless heart at ease
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em
Take a lesson from these autumn leaves
D Dm7 A G#dim A E7/G# A E7/G#
They waste no time waiting for the snow
A A/G F#m7 F13
Don't argue now or you'll be late
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em
There's nothing to investigate
[Chorus]
D Dm7 A E7/G#
It's light, light enough
A E7/G# A E7/G#
To let it go
D Dm7 A G#dim
It's light enough
A Bm7 C
To let it go
[Post-Chorus]
C# F#m B7 F#m B7
Remember when the scenery started fading
C# F#m B7 F#m B7
I held you 'til you learned to walk on air
D E/D
So don't look down, the ground is gone
C#m7 F#m
There's no one waving anyway
B Bm7 E
The smokey life is practiced everywhere
[Verse]
A A/G F#m7 F13
Come on back if the moment lends
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em
You can look up all my very closest friends
[Final Chorus]
D Dm7 A E7/G#
Light, light enough
A E7/G# A E7/G#
To let it go
D Dm7 A G#dim
It's light enough
A A/G F#m7 F13 A
To let it go
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Chords in the intro can be played like this:
A A/G F#m7 F13
| . | . | . | .
E|--0-----------0-----------2-----------1-----------|
B|--2-----------2-----------2-----------3-----------|
G|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------3-----------2-----------1-----------| (2x)
E E F#m/E E7 A/E Bm/E E
| . | . | . | .
E|--0-----------4-----5-----7-----9-----10----12----|
B|--0-----------5-----7-----9-----10----12----12----|
G|--1-----------4-----6-----7-----9-----11----13----|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
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