Last Year's Man chords by Leonard Cohen
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Verse 1
(G major) The rain (G minor) falls down (G major) on
(E minor) last year's man,
(G major) That's a Jew (F major) 's harp on the table,
That's a (C major) crayon in his hand.
(G major) And the corners of the blueprint (E minor) are
ruined since they rolled (G major)
(F major) Far past the stems of (E minor) thumbtacks
That still throw shad (C major) ows on the wood.
(G major) And the sky (F major) light is like (D major) skin
for a drum (G major) I'll never mend (D major)
And (G major) all the rain falls (E minor) down amen
On (G major) the work (F major) s of last year's (C major) man.
Verse 2
(G major)
I met a lady, she was playing
with her soldiers (E minor) in the dark
Oh (F major) one by one she had to tell them
That her name (C major) was Joan of Arc. (G major)
I was in that army,
yes I (E minor) stayed a little (F major) while;
I want to thank you, Joan of Arc, (C major)
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Verse 3
For treating me so well.
(F major)
And though I wear a (D major) uniform I
was (G major) not born to (D major) fight;
All these wounded (G major) boys
you lie (E minor) beside,
Good (F major) night, my friends, goodnight.
(C major)
Verse 4
(G major) I came upon a wedding that old
(E minor) families had (F major) contrived;
Bethlehem the bridegroom, (C major)
Babylon the bride.
(G major) Great Babylon was naked,
oh she stood (E minor) there trembling for me,
(F major) And Bethlehem inflamed us both
Like the shy (C major) one at some orgy.
(F major) And when we fell to (D major) gether all
our (G major) flesh was like a veil (D major)
That I (G major) had to draw aside (E minor) to see
The (F major) serpent eat its (C major) tail.
Verse 5
(G major) Some women wait for Jesus,
and some (E minor) women wait for Cain
So I (F major) hang upon my altar
And I (C major) hoist my axe again.
And I take (G major) the one who finds me
back to where (E minor) it all began
(F major) When Jesus was the honeymoon
And (C major) Cain was just the man.
And we (F major) read from pleasant (D major) Bibles that are
bound (G major) in blood and skin (D major)
That the wil (G major) derness is (E minor) gathering
All its (F major) children back again.
(C major)
Verse 6
(G major)
The rain falls down on last (E minor) year's man,
(F major)
An hour has gone by
And he (C major) has not moved his hand.
(G major) But everything will happen if he only (E minor)
gives the (F major) word;
The lovers will rise up
And the mountains (C major) touch the ground.
But the sky (F major) light is like skin (D major) for
a drum (G major) I'll never mend (D major)
And all (G major) the rain falls (E minor) down amen
(G major) On the work (F major) s of last year's
(C major) man.
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Last Year's Man
Leonard Cohen
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