The Letters Leonard Cohen
Chords:
D7sus4: x57585
D/A: 557775
D#maj7: x68786
D#7sus4: x68696
D#/A#: 668886
Emaj7: x79897
Intro
[Gm] [D7sus4] [D7] [Gm] [Dm7] [D/A]
You n[Gm]ever liked to get[D7sus4] [D7]
The l[Gm]etters that I sent [Dm7] [D/A]
But n[Gm]ow you've got the gist[D7sus4] [D7]
Of what my l[D#maj7]etters meant [D7sus4] [D]
You're r[Gm]eading them again,[D7sus4] [D7]
The [Gm]ones you didn't burn [Dm7] [D/A]
You pr[Gm]ess them to your lips,[D7sus4] [D7]
My pages [D#maj7]of concern [D7sus4] [D]
[Cm7]I said there'd been a fl[Gm]ood
[Cm7]I said there's nothing l[Gm]eft
[F]I hoped that you would co[D#]me
I gave you my addr[D]ess
Your st[G#m]ory was so long,[D#7sus4] [D#7]
The pl[G#m]ot was so intense,[D#m7] [D#/A#]
[G#m]It took you years to cross[D#7sus4] [D#7]
The lines of s[Emaj7]elf-defense [D#7sus4] [D#]
[G#m]The wounded forms appear:[D#7sus4] [D#7]
The l[G#m]oss, the full extent;[D#m7] [D#/A#]
[G#m]And simple kindness here[D#7sus4],[D#7]
The solit[Emaj7]ude of strength [D#7sus4] [D#]
[C#m7]I said there'd been a fl[G#m]ood
[C#m7]I said there's nothing l[G#m]eft
[F#]I hoped that you would co[E]me
I gave you my addr[D#7sus4]ess [D#]
You w[Gm]alk into my room [D7sus4] [D7]
You st[Gm]and there at my desk,[Dm7] [D/A]
Be[Gm]gin your letter to[D7sus4] [D7]
The one who's c[Gm]oming next [Dm7] [D/A]
(Beg[D#]in your letter to[D7])
[D#maj7](Ooooooo[D7]o the one who's coming [Gm]next)
Spoken:
Gm D7sus4 D7 (You never liked to get the letters that I sent )
Gm Dm7 D/A (But now you've got the gist of what my letters meant )
Gm D7sus4 D7 (You're reading them again, the ones you didn't burn )
D#maj7 D7sus4 D7 (You press them to your lips, my pages of concern )
Gm D7sus4 D7 (I said there'd been a flood I said there's nothing left )
Gm Dm7 D/A (I hoped that you would come I gave you my address )
Gm D7sus4 D7 (Your story was so long, the plot was so intense,)
D#maj7 D7sus4 D7 (It took you years to cross the lines of self-defense )
Gm D7sus4 D7 (The wounded forms appear: the loss, the full extent;)
Gm (And simple kindness here, the solitude of strength )
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