Take This Longing chords by Leonard Cohen
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Verse 1
(C major) (B flat major) Many men have loved the (F major) bells
(B flat major) You fastened to the rein (F major) (D minor)
And everyone who wanted (G minor) you
(D minor) They found what they will
al (C major) ways (D minor) want again (C major)
(E minor) Your beauty lost to you your (A minor) self
Just (E minor) as it was lost to them (A minor)
Verse 2
Oh, take (F major) this longing from my (C major) tongue
(F major) Whatever useless things
these hands have (C major) done
(F major) Let me see your beauty broken (C major) down (E minor)
Like you would (F major) do for one you love
(C major)
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Verse 3
(B flat major) Your body like a search (F major) light
(B flat major) My poverty revealed
(F major) (D minor) I would like to try your char (G minor) ity
(D minor) Until you cry, (C major) "now you must (D minor) try
my (C major) greed" (E minor)
And everything depend (A minor) s upon
How (E minor) near you sleep to me (A minor)
Verse 4
Just (F major) take this longing from my (C major) tongue
(F major) All the lonely things
my hands have (C major) done
(F major) Let me see your beauty broken down (C major) (E minor)
Like you would (F major) do for one your love
(C major)
Verse 5
(B flat major) Hungry as an arch (F major) way
(B flat major) Through which the troops have passed (F major)
(D minor) I stand in ruins behind (G minor) you
(D minor) With your winter clothes,
(C major) your (D minor) broken sandal straps (C major) (E minor)
I love to see you naked
over (A minor) there (E minor)
Verse 6
Especially from the back
(A minor) Oh, take (F major) this longing from my tongue (C major)
(F major) All the useless things my hands (C major) have done
Un (F major) tie for me your hired blue gown (C major) (E minor)
Like you would do (F major) for one that you love
(C major)
Verse 7
(B flat major) You're faithful to the better man (F major)
(B flat major) I'm afraid that he left (F major)
(D minor) So let me judge your love (G minor) affair
In this very (D minor) room where I have sen
(C major) tenced mine (D minor) to death (C major) (E minor)
I'll even wear these old
laurel (A minor) leaves
That he's shaken (E minor) from his head (A minor)
Verse 8
Just (F major) take this longing from my (C major) tongue
(F major) All the useless things
my hands have (C major) done
(F major) Let me see your beauty broken down (C major) (E minor)
Like you would do (F major) for one (E minor) you love (C major)
Like (E minor) you would (F major) do for one you love
Take This Longing
Leonard Cohen
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