Samson in New Orleans Leonard Cohen
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[Db]You said that you were with me, you said you were my friend
Did you rea[Gb]lly love the city or did y[Db]ou just pretend?
[Bbm]You said you loved her secr[Gb]ets and her free[Db]doms hid away
She was be[Ab]tter than Ameri[Ab7]ca, that's what I [Db]heard you say
You said how could this happen, you said how can this be
The remnant all dishonored on the bridge of misery
And we who cried for mercy from the bottom of the pit
Was our prayer so damn unworthy the Son rejected it?
So ga[F7]ther up the [Bbm]killers, ge[Gb]t everyone in to[Db]wn
[F7]Stand me by those pill[Bbm]ars, let me[Gb] take this temple [Db]down
The k[F7]ing so kind and s[Bbm]olemn he [Gb]wears a bloody c[Db]rown
So st[F7]and me by that c[Bbm]olumn, let me ta[Ab]ke this temple d[Db]own
(instrumental verse, same as intro)
You said how could this happen, you said how can this be
The chains are gone from heaven, the storms are wild and free
There's other ways to answer, that certainly is true
Me, I'm blind with death and anger and that's no place for you
There's a woman in the window, there's a bed in tinsel town
I'll write you when it's over, let me take this temple down
You said you loved her secrets, her freedoms hid away
She was better than America, that's what I heard you say
(instrumental verse, same as intro)
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