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