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First We Take Manhattan original guitar chords by
Leonard Cohen
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1988•Alternative•255 views•
Key: F minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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They sentenced me
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to twenty years of boredom
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For trying to change
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the system from within
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I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
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First we take Manhattan,
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then we take Berlin
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Verse 2
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I'm guided by a signal in the heavens (guided)
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I'm guided by this birthmark
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on my skin (guided guided by)
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I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
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First we take Manhattan,
Csus4
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C
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then we take Berlin
Bridge 1
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Eb
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I'd really like to live beside you, baby
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Ab
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I love your body
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and your spirit and your clothes
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Ab
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But you see that line there
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moving through the station?
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I told you, I told you,
Csus4
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told you, I was one of those
Verse 3
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Ah, you loved me as a loser
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But now you're worried that I just might win
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You know the way to stop me,
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but you don't have the discipline
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How many nights I prayed for this,
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to let my work begin
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First we take Manhattan,
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then we take Berlin
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Verse 4
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I don't like your fashion business, mister
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And I don't like these drugs
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that keep you thin
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I don't like what happened to my sister
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First we take Manhattan,
Csus4
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then we take Berlin
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Bridge 2
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I really like to live beside you, baby
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Eb
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Ab
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I love your body
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and your spirit and your clothes
Eb/G
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Ab
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But you see that line there
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moving through the station?
Eb
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Db
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I told you, I told you,
Csus4
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Fmadd9
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told you, I was one of those
Verse 5
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And I thank you for those items
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that you sent me, ha ha ha
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The monkey and the plywood violin
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I practiced every night, now I'm ready
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First we take Manhattan,
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then we take Berlin
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F9sus4
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Db/F
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C7sus4
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(I am gui ded)
Verse 6
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Ah remember me,
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I used to live for mu sic (baby)
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Remember me,
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I brought your groceries in (baby, yeah)
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Well, it's Father's Day
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and everybody's wounded
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First we take Manhattan,
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then we take Berlin
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Bbm

  • Fm

  • Eb

    6

  • Db

    4

  • Csus4

  • C7b9

  • Fsus2

  • C

  • Ab

    4

  • Eb/G

    3

  • Fmadd9

  • C7

  • F9sus4

    3

  • Db/F

  • C7sus4

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of First We Take Manhattan by Leonard Cohen is F minor.

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