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Take This Longing by Judy Collins
Take This Longing
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
F
[Verse 1]
C
Many men have loved the bells
F C
You fastened to the rein
Am Dm
And everyone who wanted you
Am G F G
They found what they will always want again
Bm Em
Your beauty lost to you yourself
Bm Em
Just as it was to them
[Chorus]
C G
Oh, take this longing from my heart
C G
All the useless things these hands have done
C G Bm
And let me see your beauty broken down___
C G
Like you would do for one you love
[Verse 2]
F C
Your body like a searchlight
F C
My own poverty revealed
Am Dm
I would like to try your charity
Am G F G
Until you cry, "Now you must try my greed"
Bm Em
And everything depends upon
Bm Em
How near you sleep to me
[Chorus]
C G
Oh, take this longing from my heart
C G
All the useless things these hands have done
C G Bm
And let me see your beauty broken down___
C G
Like you would do for one you love
[Verse 3]
F C
As hungry as an archway
F C
Through which the troops have passed
Am Dm
I stand in ruins behind you
Am G F G
With your winter clothes and your broken sandal straps
Bm Em
I love to see you naked over there
Bm Em
Especially from the back
[Chorus]
C G
Take this longing from my heart
C G
All the lonely things these hands have done
C G Bm
Untie my blue silk blouse__
C G F C G
As you would do for one you love
[Verse 4]
F C
Oh, you're faithful to my better self
F C
I'm afraid that she left
Am Dm
Let me judge your love affair
Am G F G
In this very room where you sentenced mine to death
Bm Em
Look, I'll even wear these old laurel leaves
Bm Em
That you've shaken from your head
[Chorus]
C G
Take this longing from my heart
C G
All the lonely things these hands have done
C G Bm
Let me see your beauty broken down___
C G C
Like you would do for one you love
G
Like you would do for one you love
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