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Tower Of Song chords by
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen

1988Rock
5.0 (4)
Intro 1
G
G
G
G

Verse 1
G

Well, my friends are gone

and my hair is grey

I ache in the places where I used to play
C

And I'm crazy for love
G

but I'm not coming on
D
C

I'm just paying my rent every day
G

in the Tower of Song
Verse 2
G

I said to Hank Williams,

how lonely does it get?

Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
C

But I hear him coughing
G

all night long
D

Oh, a hundred floors above me
C

in the Tower of Song
Interlude 1
G
G
G
G

C
C
G
D

G
D
D

Verse 3
G

I was born like this,

I had no choice

I was born with the gift

of a golden voice
C

And twenty-seven angels
G

from the Great Beyond
D

They tied me to this table
C
G
G

right here in the Tower of Song
Verse 4
G

So you can stick your little pins

in that voodoo doll

I'm very sorry, baby,

doesn't look like me at all

C

I'm standing by the window
G

where the light is strong
D

Ah, they don't let a woman kill you,
C
G

not in the Tower of Song
Interlude 2
G
G
G
G

C
C
G
D

G
D
D

Verse 5
G

Now, you can say that I've grown bitter

but of this you may be sure

The rich have got their channels

in the bedrooms of the poor
C

And there's a mighty judgment coming,
G

but I may be wrong
D

You see, you hear these funny voices
C
G

in the Tower of Song
Bridge 1
Em
D

I see you standing on the other side
Em
D

I don't know how the river got so wide
C
G

I loved you baby, way back when
Em

And all the bridges are burning
D

that we might have crossed
Em

But I feel so close
D

to everything that we lost
C

We'll never, we'll never have to
D

it again
Verse 6
G

Now I bid you farewell,

I don't know when I'll be back

They're moving us tomorrow

to that tower down the track
C

But you'll be hearing from me baby,
G

long after I'm gone
D

I'll be speaking to you sweetly
C

from a window in the Tower of Song
Interlude 3
G
G
G
G

C
C
G
D

G
D

Verse 7
G

Yeah, my friends are gone

and my hair is gray

I ache in the places where I used to play
C

And I'm crazy for love
G

but I'm not coming on
D

I'm just paying my rent
C
G

every day in the Tower of Song
Outro 1
G
G
G
G

C
C
G
D

[Fade out]

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  • D

  • Em

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