Closing Time original guitar chords by
Leonard Cohen
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
G
G

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G

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D
D

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D
D

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G
G

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G
G

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D
D

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D
D

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Verse 1
G
G

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Ah, we're drinking and we're dancing
And the band is really happening
Em
Em

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And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
Bm
Bm
2

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And my very sweet companion
She's the angel of compassion
Em
Em

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She's rubbing half the world against her thigh
C
C

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And every drinker, every dancer
Lifts a happy face to thank her
G
G

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B
B
2

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Em
Em

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The fiddler fiddles something so sublime
D
D

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All the women tear their blouses off
And the men, they dance on the polka-dots
C
C

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And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
Chorus 1
G
G

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It's closing time
(Closing time, closing time, closing...)
C
C

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Yeah, the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
G
G

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B
B
2

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

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C
C

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And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
G
G

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D
D

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It's closing time
Verse 2
G
G

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Ah, we're lonely, we're romantic
And the cider's laced with acid
Em
Em

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And the Holy Spirit's crying, where's the beef?
Bm
Bm
2

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And the moon is swimming naked
And the summer night is fragrant
Em
Em

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With a mighty expectation of relief
C
C

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So we struggle and we stagger
Down the snakes and up the ladder
G
G

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B
B
2

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Em
Em

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To the tower where the blessed hours chime
D
D

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And I swear it happened just like this
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
C
C

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The gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
Chorus 2
G
G

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But closing time
(Closing time, closing time, closing time)
C
C

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I swear it happened just like this
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
G
G

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B
B
2

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The gates of love they budged an inch
Em
Em

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C
C

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I can't say much has happened since
(Can't say much has happened since,
can't say much has happened since)
G
G

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D
D

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But closing time, closing time
Bridge 1
Em
Em

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I loved you for your beauty
But that doesn't make a fool of me
Bm
Bm
2

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You were in it for your beauty too
Em
Em

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And I loved you for your body
There's a voice that sounds like god to me
A
A

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Declaring (declaring), declaring (declaring)
D
D

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Declaring that your body's really you
C
C

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And I loved you when our love was blessed
And I love you now there's nothing left
G
G

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B
B
2

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Em
Em

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But sorrow and a sense of overtime
D
D

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And I missed you since the place got wrecked
And I just don't care what happens next
C
C

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Looks like freedom but it feels like death
It's something in between, I guess
Chorus 3
G
G

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It's closing time
(Closing time, closing time, closing time)
C
C

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Yeah, I missed you
since our place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
G
G

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B
B
2

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Looks like freedom but it feels like death
Em
Em

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C
C

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It's something in between I guess
G
G

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D
D

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It's closing time
Verse 3
G
G

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Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing
But there's nothing really happening
Em
Em

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And the place is dead as Heaven
on a saturday night
Bm
Bm
2

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And my very close companion
Gets me fumbling, gets me laughing
Em
Em

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She's a hundred
but she's wearing something tight
C
C

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And I lift my glass to the awful truth
Which you can't reveal to the ears of youth
G
G

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B
B
2

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Em
Em

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Except to say it isn't worth a dime
D
D

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And the whole damn place goes crazy twice
And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
C
C

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But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
We're busted in the blinding lights
Chorus 4
G
G

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Of closing time
(Closing time, closing time, closing time)
C
C

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The whole damn place goes crazy twice
And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
G
G

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B
B
2

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But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
Em
Em

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C
C

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We're busted in the blinding lights
(Busted in the blinding light)
Busted in the blinding lights
G
G

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D
D

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Of closing time, closing time
Outro 1
G
G

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Oh, the women tear their blouses off
And the men, they dance on the polka-dots
D
D

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It's closing time
G
G

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And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
D
D

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It's closing time
G
G

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I swear it happened just like this
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
D
D

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It's closing time
G
G

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The gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
D
D

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But closing time
G
G

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I loved you when our love was blessed
I love you now there's nothing left
D
D

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But closing time
[Fade out]

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