The Captain chords by Leonard Cohen
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Verse 1
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) Now the Captain
called me to (G major) his bed
He (F major) fumbled for my hand (C major)
"Take (F major) these silver bars," (C major) he said
"I'm (G major) giving you command." (C major)
"Command of what,
there's no one here
There's (F major) only you and me (C major)
All the (G major) rest are dead or in retreat
Or (F major) with the enemy."
(C major) "Complain, complain,
that's (G major) all you've done
Ever (F major) since we lost (C major)
If it's not (F major) the Crucifix (C major) ion
Then (G major) it's the Holocaust." (C major)
"May Christ have mercy on your soul
For making (F major) such a joke (C major)
Amid (G major) these hearts that burn like coal
And the (F major) flesh that rose like smoke." (C major)
Verse 2
"I know (C major) that you have suffered, (G major) lad,
But suf (F major) fer this (C major) awhile:
(F major) Whatever makes a sol (C major) dier sad
Will (G major) make a killer smile." (C major)
"I'm leaving, Captain, I must go
There's (F major) blood upon your (C major) hand
But (G major) tell me, Captain, if you know
Of a decent (F major) place to stand." (C major)
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Verse 3
"There (C major) is no decent place (G major) to stand
(F major) In a (C major) massacre;
But (F major) if a woman (C major) take your hand
(G major) Go and stand with her."
(C major) "I left a wife in Tennessee
And a baby (F major) in Saigon (C major)
I (G major) risked my life, but not to hear
Some (F major) country-western song."
song." (C major)
Verse 4
"Ah but (C major) if you cannot raise (G major) your love
To a (F major) very high degree,
(C major) Then you're just (F major) the man
I've been thinking (C major) of
So (G major) come and stand with me." (C major)
"Your standing days are
done," I cried,
"You'll (F major) rally me no more. (C major)
(G major) I don't even know what side
We fought (F major) on, or what for." (C major)
Verse 5
"I'm (C major) on the side that's (G major) always lost
Again (F major) st the side of Heav (C major) en
I'm (F major) on the side of Snake-eyes (C major) tossed
tossed
Again (G major) st the side of Sev (C major) en.
And I've read the Bill of Human Rights
And some (F major) of it was true (C major)
But there wasn't (G major) any burden left
So I'm (F major) laying it on you." (C major)
Verse 6
Now the Captain (C major) he was dy (G major) ing
But the Captain (F major) wasn't hurt (C major)
The sil (F major) ver bars were (C major) in my hand
I (G major) pinned them to my shirt. (C major)
Outro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major)
(G major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (F major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (F major)
The Captain
Leonard Cohen
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