Closing Time chords by Leonard Cohen
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Intro 1
(G major) (G major) (D major) (D major)
(G major) (G major) (D major) (D major)
Verse 1
Ah, we're (G major) drinking and we're dancing
And the band is really happening
And the (E minor) Johnny Walker wisdom running high
And my (B minor) very sweet companion
She's the angel of compassion
She's (E minor) rubbing half the world against her thigh
And every (C major) drinker, every dancer
Lifts a happy face to thank her
The (G major) fiddler fiddles (B major) something so sub (E minor) lime
All the (D major) women tear their blouses off
And the men, they dance on the polka-dots
And it's (C major) partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
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Chorus 1
It's (G major) closing time
(Closing time, closing time, closing...)
Yeah, the (C major) women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
And it's (G major) partner found, and it's (B major) partner lost
And it's (E minor) hell to pay when the (C major) fiddler stops
It's (G major) closing time (D major)
Verse 2
Ah, we're (G major) lonely, we're romantic
And the cider's laced with acid
And the (E minor) Holy Spirit's crying, where's the beef?
And the (B minor) moon is swimming naked
And the summer night is fragrant
With a (E minor) mighty expectation of relief
So we (C major) struggle and we stagger
Down the snakes and up the ladder
To the (G major) tower where the (B major) blessed hours (E minor) chime
And I (D major) swear it happened just like this
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
The (C major) gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
Chorus 2
But (G major) closing time
(Closing time, closing time, closing time)
I (C major) swear it happened just like this
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
The (G major) gates of love they (B major) budged an inch
I (E minor) can't say much has (C major) happened since
(Can't say much has happened since,
can't say much has happened since)
But (G major) closing time, (D major) closing time
Bridge 1
I (E minor) loved you for your beauty
But that doesn't make a fool of me
(B minor) You were in it for your beauty too
And I (E minor) loved you for your body
There's a voice that sounds like god to me
De (A major) claring (declaring), declaring (declaring)
De (D major) claring that your body's really you
And I (C major) loved you when our love was blessed
And I love you now there's nothing left
But (G major) sorrow and a (B major) sense of over (E minor) time
And I (D major) missed you since the place got wrecked
And I just don't care what happens next
(C major) Looks like freedom but it feels like death
It's something in between, I guess
Chorus 3
It's (G major) closing time
(Closing time, closing time, closing time)
Yeah, I (C major) missed you
since our place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
(G major) Looks like freedom but it (B major) feels like death
It's (E minor) something in be (C major) tween I guess
It's (G major) closing time (D major)
Verse 3
Yeah we're (G major) drinking and we're dancing
But there's nothing really happening
And the (E minor) place is dead as Heaven
on a saturday night
And my (B minor) very close companion
Gets me fumbling, gets me laughing
She's a (E minor) hundred
but she's wearing something tight
And I (C major) lift my glass to the awful truth
Which you can't reveal to the ears of youth
Ex (G major) cept to say it (B major) isn't worth a (E minor) dime
And the (D major) whole damn place goes crazy twice
And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
But the (C major) boss don't like these dizzy heights
We're busted in the blinding lights
Chorus 4
Of (G major) closing time
(Closing time, closing time, closing time)
The (C major) whole damn place goes crazy twice
And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
But the (G major) boss don't like these (B major) dizzy heights
We're (E minor) busted in the (C major) blinding lights
(Busted in the blinding light)
Busted in the blinding lights
Of (G major) closing time, (D major) closing time
Outro 1
Oh, the (G major) women tear their blouses off
And the men, they dance on the polka-dots
It's (D major) closing time
And it's (G major) partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It's (D major) closing time
I (G major) swear it happened just like this
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
It's (D major) closing time
The (G major) gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
But (D major) closing time
I (G major) loved you when our love was blessed
I love you now there's nothing left
But (D major) closing time
[Fade out]
Closing Time
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