Humbled in Love Leonard Cohen
Chords:
Cadd9: x32033
G#dim: 456464 or xx0101
Fmaj7: xx3210
Intro
[E] E Am6/E E7 Am/E E7 Am/E E (see tab below)
[E] [Am/E] [E7] [Am/E] [E7] [Am/E] [Cadd9]
[G#7] [G7] [G7]
[G]Do you rem[G#dim]ember all those pl[Am]edges
That we ple[G]dged in the p[G#dim]assionate n[Am]ight
Ah, they're so[C]iled now, they're torn at the e[G]dges
Like m[Cm]oths on a stale yellow l[G#7]ight[G7]
Nor penance serves to renew them,
Nor massive transfusions of trust
Why not even revenge can undo them
So tw[Cm]isted these vows and so cr[G]ushed
And you say you've been h[A#]umbled in love
Cut d[F]own in your love
Forced to kn[A#]eel in the mud
Next to [F]me
Ah, but [A#]why so bitterly
T[F]urn from the one
Who kn[Am]eels there
As d[Fmaj7]eeply as th[E]ee
Children have taken these pledges
They have ferried them out of the past
Oh beyond all the graves and the hedges
Where love must go hiding at last
And here where there is no description
Oh here in the moment at hand
No sinner need rise up forgiven
No victim need limp to the stand
And you say you've been humbled in love
Cut down in your love
Forced to kneel in the mud
Next to me
Ah, but why so bitterly
Turn from the one
Who kneels there
As deeply as thee
And look dear heart, look at the virgin
Look how she welcomes him into her gown
Yes and mark how the stranger's cold armor
Dissolves like a star falling down
Why trade this vision for desire
When you may have them both
You will never see a man this naked
I will never hold a woman this close
And you say you've been humbled in love
Cut down in your love
Forced to kneel in the mud
Next to me
Ah, but why so bitterly
Turn from the one
Who kneels there
As deeply as thee
The intro can be played like this:
[E]
E:--0----------------: B:--0----------------: G:--1----------------: D:--2----------------: A:--2----------------: E:--0----------------:
[E] [Am6/E] [E7] [Am/E]
E:--0--------2--------4--------5--------: B:--0--------1--------2--------5--------: G:--1--------2--------4--------5--------: D:--------------------------------------: A:--------------------------------------: E:--0--------0--------0--------0--------:
[E7] [Am/E] [E]
E:--7--------8--------0-----------------: B:--5--------5--------0-----------------: G:--7--------5--------1-----------------: D:--------------------2-----------------: A:--------------------2-----------------: E:--0--------0--------0-----------------:
[E] [Am/E] [E7] [Am/E]
E:--4--------5--------7--------8--------: B:--5--------5--------5--------5--------: G:--4--------5--------7--------5--------: D:--------------------------------------: A:--------------------------------------: E:--0--------0--------0--------0--------:
[E] [Am/E] [Cadd9]
E:--7--------5--------3-----------------: B:--5--------5--------3-----------------: G:--7--------5--------0-----------------: D:--------------------2-----------------: A:--------------------3-----------------: E:--0--------0--------------------------:
[G#7] [G7]
E:--4-----------------3-----------------: B:--4-----------------3-----------------: G:--5-----------------4-----------------: D:--4-----------------3-----------------: A:--6-----------------5-----------------: E:--4-----------------3-----------------:
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