Samson in New Orleans chords by Leonard Cohen
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Intro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
(A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(F major) (C major)
Verse 1
You (C major) said that you were with me
You said you were (F major) my friend (C major)
Did you (F major) really love the city
Or (C major) did you just pretend
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Verse 2
You said (A minor) you loved her secret
(F major) s
And her freedom (C major) s hid away
She was (G major) better than America
That's what I (C major) heard you (F major) say (C major)
Verse 3
You (C major) said how could this happen
You said how (F major) can this be (C major)
The (F major) remnant all dishonored
On the (C major) bridge of misery
Verse 4
And (A minor) we who cried for mer (F major) cy
From the (C major) bottom of the pit
Was our pray (G major) er so damn unworthy
The (C major) Son re (F major) jected it? (C major)
Verse 5
So (E major) gather up the killer (A minor) s
Get (F major) everyone in (C major) town
Stand (E major) me by those (A minor) pillars
Let me (F major) take this temple (C major) down
Verse 6
The (E major) king so kind and (A minor) solemn
He (F major) wears a bloody crown (C major)
So stand (E major) me by that column (A minor)
Let me (G major) take this temple (C major) down
Interlude 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major)
(C major) (A minor) (F major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 7
You (C major) said how could this happen
You said how can (F major) this be (C major)
The chains (F major) are gone from heaven
The storms (C major) are wild and free
Verse 8
There's (A minor) other ways to (F major) an swer
That (C major) certainly is true
Me, I'm (G major) blind with death
and anger
(C major) And that's no place (F major) for (C major) you
Verse 9
There's a (E major) woman in the win (A minor) dow
There's a (F major) bed in Tinsel Town (C major)
I'll (E major) write you when (A minor) it's over
Let me (F major) take this temple down (C major)
Verse 10
You said (E major) you loved her secret
(A minor) s
Her freedoms (F major) hid away (C major)
She was (E major) better than Amer (A minor) ica
That's (G major) what I heard you say
Outro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (A minor) (F major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (F major)
Samson in New Orleans
Leonard Cohen
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