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