Closing Time

Closing Time easy guitar chords by Leonard Cohen

1992Folk
Guitar
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E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 7

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Ah, 
    we're 
    drinking 
    and 
    we're 
    dancing 

    And 
    the 
    band 
    is 
    really 
    happening 

    And 
    the 
    Johnny 
    Walker 
    wisdom 
    running 
    high 

    And 
    my 
    very 
    sweet 
    companion 

    She's 
    the 
    angel 
    of 
    compassion 

    She's 
    rubbing 
    half 
    the 
    world 
    against 
    her 
    thigh 

    And 
    every 
    drinker, 
    every 
    dancer 

    Lifts 
    happy 
    face 
    to 
    thank 
    her 

    The 
    fiddler 
    fiddles 
    something 
    so 
    sub
    lime 

    All 
    the 
    women 
    tear 
    their 
    blouses 
    off 

    And 
    the 
    men, 
    they 
    dance 
    on 
    the 
    polka-dots 

    And 
    it's 
    partner 
    found, 
    it's 
    partner 
    lost 

    And 
    it's 
    hell 
    to 
    pay 
    when 
    the 
    fiddler 
    stops 

    Chorus 1
    It's 
    closing 
    time 

    (Closing 
    time, 
    closing 
    time, 
    closing...) 

    Yeah, 
    the 
    women 
    tear 
    their 
    blouses 
    off 

    And 
    the 
    men 
    they 
    dance 
    on 
    the 
    polka-dots 

    And 
    it's 
    partner 
    found, 
    and 
    it's 
    partner 
    lost 

    And 
    it's 
    hell 
    to 
    pay 
    when 
    the 
    fiddler 
    stops 

    It's 
    closing 
    time 

    Verse 2
    Ah, 
    we're 
    lonely, 
    we're 
    romantic 

    And 
    the 
    cider's 
    laced 
    with 
    acid 

    And 
    the 
    Holy 
    Spirit's 
    crying, 
    where's 
    the 
    beef? 

    And 
    the 
    moon 
    is 
    swimming 
    naked 

    And 
    the 
    summer 
    night 
    is 
    fragrant 

    With 
    mighty 
    expectation 
    of 
    relief 

    So 
    we 
    struggle 
    and 
    we 
    stagger 

    Down 
    the 
    snakes 
    and 
    up 
    the 
    ladder 

    To 
    the 
    tower 
    where 
    the 
    blessed 
    hours 
    chime 

    And 
    swear 
    it 
    happened 
    just 
    like 
    this 

    sigh, 
    cry, 
    hungry 
    kiss 

    The 
    gates 
    of 
    love 
    they 
    budged 
    an 
    inch 

    can't 
    say 
    much 
    has 
    happened 
    since 

    Chorus 2
    But 
    closing 
    time 

    (Closing 
    time, 
    closing 
    time, 
    closing 
    time) 

    swear 
    it 
    happened 
    just 
    like 
    this 

    sigh, 
    cry, 
    hungry 
    kiss 

    The 
    gates 
    of 
    love 
    they 
    budged 
    an 
    inch 

    can't 
    say 
    much 
    has 
    happened 
    since 

    (Can't 
    say 
    much 
    has 
    happened 
    since, 

    can't 
    say 
    much 
    has 
    happened 
    since) 

    But 
    closing 
    time, 
    closing 
    time 

    Bridge 1
    loved 
    you 
    for 
    your 
    beauty 

    But 
    that 
    doesn't 
    make 
    fool 
    of 
    me 

    You 
    were 
    in 
    it 
    for 
    your 
    beauty 
    too 

    And 
    loved 
    you 
    for 
    your 
    body 

    There's 
    voice 
    that 
    sounds 
    like 
    god 
    to 
    me 

    De
    claring 
    (declaring), 
    declaring 
    (declaring) 

    De
    claring 
    that 
    your 
    body's 
    really 
    you 

    And 
    loved 
    you 
    when 
    our 
    love 
    was 
    blessed 

    And 
    love 
    you 
    now 
    there's 
    nothing 
    left 

    But 
    sorrow 
    and 
    sense 
    of 
    over
    time 

    And 
    missed 
    you 
    since 
    the 
    place 
    got 
    wrecked 

    And 
    just 
    don't 
    care 
    what 
    happens 
    next 

    Looks 
    like 
    freedom 
    but 
    it 
    feels 
    like 
    death 

    It's 
    something 
    in 
    between, 
    guess 

    Chorus 3
    It's 
    closing 
    time 

    (Closing 
    time, 
    closing 
    time, 
    closing 
    time) 

    Yeah, 
    missed 
    you 

    since 
    our 
    place 
    got 
    wrecked 

    By 
    the 
    winds 
    of 
    change 
    and 
    the 
    weeds 
    of 
    sex 

    Looks 
    like 
    freedom 
    but 
    it 
    feels 
    like 
    death 

    It's 
    something 
    in 
    be
    tween 
    guess 

    It's 
    closing 
    time 

    Verse 3
    Yeah 
    we're 
    drinking 
    and 
    we're 
    dancing 

    But 
    there's 
    nothing 
    really 
    happening 

    And 
    the 
    place 
    is 
    dead 
    as 
    Heaven 

    on 
    saturday 
    night 

    And 
    my 
    very 
    close 
    companion 

    Gets 
    me 
    fumbling, 
    gets 
    me 
    laughing 

    She's 
    hundred 

    but 
    she's 
    wearing 
    something 
    tight 

    And 
    lift 
    my 
    glass 
    to 
    the 
    awful 
    truth 

    Which 
    you 
    can't 
    reveal 
    to 
    the 
    ears 
    of 
    youth 

    Ex
    cept 
    to 
    say 
    it 
    isn't 
    worth 
    dime 

    And 
    the 
    whole 
    damn 
    place 
    goes 
    crazy 
    twice 

    And 
    it's 
    once 
    for 
    the 
    devil 
    and 
    once 
    for 
    Christ 

    But 
    the 
    boss 
    don't 
    like 
    these 
    dizzy 
    heights 

    We're 
    busted 
    in 
    the 
    blinding 
    lights 

    Chorus 4
    Of 
    closing 
    time 

    (Closing 
    time, 
    closing 
    time, 
    closing 
    time) 

    The 
    whole 
    damn 
    place 
    goes 
    crazy 
    twice 

    And 
    it's 
    once 
    for 
    the 
    devil 
    and 
    once 
    for 
    Christ 

    But 
    the 
    boss 
    don't 
    like 
    these 
    dizzy 
    heights 

    We're 
    busted 
    in 
    the 
    blinding 
    lights 

    (Busted 
    in 
    the 
    blinding 
    light) 

    Busted 
    in 
    the 
    blinding 
    lights 

    Of 
    closing 
    time, 
    closing 
    time 

    Outro 1
    Oh, 
    the 
    women 
    tear 
    their 
    blouses 
    off 

    And 
    the 
    men, 
    they 
    dance 
    on 
    the 
    polka-dots 

    It's 
    closing 
    time 

    And 
    it's 
    partner 
    found, 
    it's 
    partner 
    lost 

    And 
    it's 
    hell 
    to 
    pay 
    when 
    the 
    fiddler 
    stops 

    It's 
    closing 
    time 

    swear 
    it 
    happened 
    just 
    like 
    this 

    sigh, 
    cry, 
    hungry 
    kiss 

    It's 
    closing 
    time 

    The 
    gates 
    of 
    love 
    they 
    budged 
    an 
    inch 

    can't 
    say 
    much 
    has 
    happened 
    since 

    But 
    closing 
    time 

    loved 
    you 
    when 
    our 
    love 
    was 
    blessed 

    love 
    you 
    now 
    there's 
    nothing 
    left 

    But 
    closing 
    time 

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    out] 
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