The Guests chords by Leonard Cohen

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Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) One by one,
D 
C 
 (D major) the guests arrive  (C major) 
D 
The guests are coming  (D major) through
Em 
 (E minor) 
The open-hearted many
D 
C 
 (D major) many  (C major) 
The broken-hearted few
E 
few  (E major) 
A 
And no  (A major) one knows where
D 
the  (D major) night is going
A 
D 
And  (A major) no one knows why  (D major) the wine is flowing
C 
 (C major) Oh, love I need you, I need you,
Em 
E 
I need you, I need you,  (E minor) oh   (E major) 
I need you now
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 2
E 
 (E major) 
Em 
 (E minor) And those who dance,
D 
C 
 (D major) begin to dance  (C major) 
D 
Those who weep be (D major) gin
Em 
And  (E minor) "welcome,
D 
C 
welcome"  (D major) cries a voice  (C major) 
E 
"Let all my guests come  (E major) in"

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Verse 3

And no one knows

where the night is going

And no one knows why the wine is flowing

Oh, love I need you, I need you,

I need you, I need you, oh

I need you now

Verse 4

And all go stumbling through that house

In lonely secrecy

Saying "do reveal yourself"

Or "why has thou forsaken me?"

Verse 5
A 
And  (A major) no one knows where the
D 
 (D major) night is going
A 
D 
And  (A major) no one knows why the  (D major) wine is flowing
C 
Oh,  (C major) love I need you, I need you,
E 
I need you, I need you, oh  (E major) 
A 
I need you  (A major) now

Verse 6
Em 
 (E minor) 
D 
C 
All at once  (D major) the torches flare  (C major) 
D 
Em 
The inner door flies  (D major) open  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
D 
 (E major) One by  (E minor) one  (D major) they enter there
C 
E 
 (C major) In every style of  (E major) passion

Verse 7
A 
And  (A major) no one knows where the
D 
 (D major) night is going
A 
D 
And no  (A major) one knows why the  (D major) wine is flowing
C 
 (C major) Oh, love I need you, I need you,
E 
I need you, I need you,  (E major) oh
I need you now
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 8
D 
And here they take their  (D major) sweet repast
C 
D 
 (C major) While house and grounds dis (D major) solve
Em 
E 
Em 
D 
 (E minor) And  (E major) one by one  (E minor) the  (D major) guests are
C 
E 
cast bey (C major) ond the garden wall  (E major) 

Verse 9
A 
And  (A major) no one knows where the
D 
 (D major) night is going
A 
D 
And  (A major) no one knows why the  (D major) wine is flowing
C 
Oh, love  (C major) I need you, I need you,
E 
I need you, I need you,  (E major) oh
A 
I need you  (A major) now

Verse 10
Em 
 (E minor) 
D 
C 
Those who dance,  (D major) begin to dance  (C major) 
D 
Em 
Those who weep be (D major) gin  (E minor) 
D 
Those who earnestly  (D major) are lost
C 
E 
Are lost  (C major) and lost again  (E major) 

Verse 11
A 
And  (A major) no one knows where the
D 
 (D major) night is going
A 
D 
And  (A major) no one knows why the  (D major) wine is flowing
C 
 (C major) Oh, love I need you, I need you,
Em 
E 
I need you, I need you,  (E minor) oh   (E major) 
A 
I need you  (A major) now

Verse 12
Em 
 (E minor) 
D 
C 
One by the  (D major) guests arrive  (C major) 
D 
The guests are coming  (D major) through
Em 
 (E minor) 
The broken-hearted many
D 
many  (D major) 
C 
 (C major) The open-hearted few
Em 
E 
few  (E minor)  (E major) 

Verse 13
A 
And no  (A major) one knows where the
D 
 (D major) night is going
A 
D 
And  (A major) no one knows why the  (D major) wine is flowing
C 
Oh,  (C major) love I need you, I need you,
E 
Em 
I need you, I need you,  (E major) oh  (E minor) 
E 
I need  (E major) you now

Outro 1
A 
Em 
D 
C 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (D major) 
Em 
E 
 (E minor)  (E major) 
Em 
D 
C 
E 
A 
D 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
D 
C 
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 (A major)  (D major)  (C major)  (E major) 
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 (A major)  (A major) 