Chords for Leonard Cohen: Tower of Song 15.09.2013 The O2 London
Tempo:
97.35 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
E
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm going to be able to make a face.
What?
Yeah!
[A] Thanks [G#] so much friends for not going home with the machine.
[N]
We're going to fire up this [E] little machine here.
[N] It goes by itself.
It's awful sophisticated.
Yeah!
[G#]
What would you want this machine to [N] [G]
[C#] [G#]
do?
[F] Woo! [E] Yeah!
[C#]
Woo!
Yeah!
All my friends are gone and my hair is [G#] grayed out [E] in the places [C#] where I used to play.
[G#]
And I'm [F#] crazy [C#m] for [F#m] love.
But I'll [A#] not go [C#] anywhere.
[G#] I'm just keeping my rep everyday.
[F#]
[Gm] [C#]
I'm a snake, [G#] will you swallow [C#] me?
I'm a wolf, so I'll submit, but [F#] I hear a wolf coughing.
[A]
[C#]
I'm a heart [G#] that throws a lump in [F#] my throat.
[C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[C#]
[G#] [C#] [G#m]
[G#] I'm a wolf, so I'll submit, but I hear a wolf coughing.
I'm a snake, so I'll submit, but [E] I hear a wolf coughing.
[G#] Do you think that's all I have?
Just a little.
I'm a [C#]
[B] [G#]
wolf,
[C#] so I'll submit, but I hear a wolf [G#m]
coughing.
[C#m] [B] [F#] Come, now break [C#] me up.
[C#m] [G#]
They chained me to this table [F#] right here in the Tower of Solitude.
[C#]
I was born a prisoner, but this you may be sure of.
The reeds have got their chance in the dead of [G#] night.
And [F#] as I'm fighting the judge, I'm coming home.
But I'll [C#] make it right.
[G#] You see, I hear this final whistle.
[F#]
Now I'll [C#] rise.
I [A#m] see you standing on [Fm] the other side.
I don't know [A#m] how, but the river [G#] got so wild.
And [F#m] I'll [F#] let you live.
[A#]
[C#]
And [A#m] I'll put Britain for Britain [G#] in the key.
[A#m] I feel so close to [G#]
[F#] you.
[G#] I bid [C#] you farewell, but
[G#] [C#] you'll be finished tomorrow in the Tower of Elvatran.
But [F#] you'll be here in a minute.
[D#] And I'll have a good [C#] time.
I'm lonely.
I [G#] see you leave [F#] from me.
[C#] I'm lonely.
[G#]
I'm lost.
Do you see me leave from you?
[F#] [F#m]
[C#] Yes.
[F#] Do you have [C#] a sense of where I'm placed?
Where I used to be?
[E]
[G#] I'm freezing.
[F#] But I'll [C#] come home. I'm lonely.
[G#] [F#]
I'm lost.
[C#]
[G#] Do you see me leave from you?
Do you have a sense of where [F#] I'm placed?
Where I used [C#] to be?
I'm lonely.
[G#m] [C#] I'm
[G#m] [C#] [C#m]
[B] [C#]
[G#] [D#] lost.
Do [C#] [G#m] you [C#] have a sense of where I'm placed?
Where I used to be?
I'm lonely.
[N]
What?
Yeah!
[A] Thanks [G#] so much friends for not going home with the machine.
[N]
We're going to fire up this [E] little machine here.
[N] It goes by itself.
It's awful sophisticated.
Yeah!
[G#]
What would you want this machine to [N] [G]
[C#] [G#]
do?
[F] Woo! [E] Yeah!
[C#]
Woo!
Yeah!
All my friends are gone and my hair is [G#] grayed out [E] in the places [C#] where I used to play.
[G#]
And I'm [F#] crazy [C#m] for [F#m] love.
But I'll [A#] not go [C#] anywhere.
[G#] I'm just keeping my rep everyday.
[F#]
[Gm] [C#]
I'm a snake, [G#] will you swallow [C#] me?
I'm a wolf, so I'll submit, but [F#] I hear a wolf coughing.
[A]
[C#]
I'm a heart [G#] that throws a lump in [F#] my throat.
[C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[C#]
[G#] [C#] [G#m]
[G#] I'm a wolf, so I'll submit, but I hear a wolf coughing.
I'm a snake, so I'll submit, but [E] I hear a wolf coughing.
[G#] Do you think that's all I have?
Just a little.
I'm a [C#]
[B] [G#]
wolf,
[C#] so I'll submit, but I hear a wolf [G#m]
coughing.
[C#m] [B] [F#] Come, now break [C#] me up.
[C#m] [G#]
They chained me to this table [F#] right here in the Tower of Solitude.
[C#]
I was born a prisoner, but this you may be sure of.
The reeds have got their chance in the dead of [G#] night.
And [F#] as I'm fighting the judge, I'm coming home.
But I'll [C#] make it right.
[G#] You see, I hear this final whistle.
[F#]
Now I'll [C#] rise.
I [A#m] see you standing on [Fm] the other side.
I don't know [A#m] how, but the river [G#] got so wild.
And [F#m] I'll [F#] let you live.
[A#]
[C#]
And [A#m] I'll put Britain for Britain [G#] in the key.
[A#m] I feel so close to [G#]
[F#] you.
[G#] I bid [C#] you farewell, but
[G#] [C#] you'll be finished tomorrow in the Tower of Elvatran.
But [F#] you'll be here in a minute.
[D#] And I'll have a good [C#] time.
I'm lonely.
I [G#] see you leave [F#] from me.
[C#] I'm lonely.
[G#]
I'm lost.
Do you see me leave from you?
[F#] [F#m]
[C#] Yes.
[F#] Do you have [C#] a sense of where I'm placed?
Where I used to be?
[E]
[G#] I'm freezing.
[F#] But I'll [C#] come home. I'm lonely.
[G#] [F#]
I'm lost.
[C#]
[G#] Do you see me leave from you?
Do you have a sense of where [F#] I'm placed?
Where I used [C#] to be?
I'm lonely.
[G#m] [C#] I'm
[G#m] [C#] [C#m]
[B] [C#]
[G#] [D#] lost.
Do [C#] [G#m] you [C#] have a sense of where I'm placed?
Where I used to be?
I'm lonely.
[N]
Key:
C#
G#
F#
E
C#m
C#
G#
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm going to be able to make a face. _
_ _ _ _ What? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah! _
_ _ _ _ [A] Thanks [G#] so much friends for not going home with the machine.
[N] _ _ _ _ _
We're going to fire up this [E] little machine here.
[N] It goes by itself.
_ It's awful sophisticated. _ _
_ _ _ Yeah!
_ _ [G#] _
What would you want this machine to [N] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#]
do?
[F] Woo! [E] Yeah!
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
Woo! _ _ _ _ _
Yeah!
All my friends are gone and my hair is [G#] grayed out [E] in the places [C#] where I used to play.
[G#]
And I'm [F#] crazy [C#m] for [F#m] love.
_ But I'll [A#] not go [C#] anywhere. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] I'm just keeping my rep everyday.
[F#] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm a snake, [G#] will you swallow [C#] me? _
_ I'm a wolf, so I'll submit, but [F#] I hear a wolf coughing.
_ [A] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm a heart [G#] that throws a lump in [F#] _ my throat.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _
[G#] _ _ _ I'm a wolf, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so I'll submit, but I hear a wolf coughing.
_ _ _ _ _ I'm a snake, so I'll submit, but _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I hear a wolf coughing.
[G#] _ _ _ _ Do you think that's all I have?
_ _ _ Just a little. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ wolf, _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ so I'll submit, but I hear a _ _ _ wolf [G#m] _
coughing.
[C#m] _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ Come, now break [C#] me up.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#] _
They chained me to this table [F#] right here in the Tower of Solitude.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I was born a prisoner, but this you may be sure of.
The reeds have got their chance in the dead of [G#] night.
And [F#] as I'm fighting the judge, I'm coming home.
But I'll [C#] make it right. _ _ _ _
[G#] You see, I hear this final whistle.
[F#] _ _
Now I'll [C#] rise.
_ _ _ _ I _ [A#m] see you standing on [Fm] the other side.
I don't know [A#m] how, but the river [G#] got so wild.
And [F#m] I'll [F#] let you live.
_ _ _ [A#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
And [A#m] I'll put Britain for Britain [G#] in the key.
[A#m] I feel so close to _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ you.
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ I bid [C#] you farewell, but _ _ _
[G#] _ [C#] you'll be finished tomorrow in the Tower of Elvatran.
But [F#] you'll be here in a minute.
_ [D#] And I'll have a good [C#] time.
I'm lonely. _ _
I _ [G#] see you leave [F#] from me. _ _
_ [C#] _ _ I'm lonely.
_ _ [G#]
I'm lost.
Do you see me leave from you?
[F#] _ [F#m] _
_ [C#] _ Yes. _ _ _
[F#] Do you have [C#] a sense of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ where I'm placed?
Where I used to be?
[E] _
[G#] I'm freezing.
[F#] _ _ But I'll [C#] come home. I'm lonely. _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
I'm lost.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ Do you see me leave from you?
Do you have a sense of where [F#] I'm placed? _
Where I used [C#] to be? _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm lonely.
[G#m] _ [C#] I'm _ _
[G#m] _ [C#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [D#] lost.
Do [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] you _ [C#] _ have a sense of where I'm placed?
Where I used to be?
I'm lonely. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm going to be able to make a face. _
_ _ _ _ What? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah! _
_ _ _ _ [A] Thanks [G#] so much friends for not going home with the machine.
[N] _ _ _ _ _
We're going to fire up this [E] little machine here.
[N] It goes by itself.
_ It's awful sophisticated. _ _
_ _ _ Yeah!
_ _ [G#] _
What would you want this machine to [N] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#]
do?
[F] Woo! [E] Yeah!
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
Woo! _ _ _ _ _
Yeah!
All my friends are gone and my hair is [G#] grayed out [E] in the places [C#] where I used to play.
[G#]
And I'm [F#] crazy [C#m] for [F#m] love.
_ But I'll [A#] not go [C#] anywhere. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] I'm just keeping my rep everyday.
[F#] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm a snake, [G#] will you swallow [C#] me? _
_ I'm a wolf, so I'll submit, but [F#] I hear a wolf coughing.
_ [A] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm a heart [G#] that throws a lump in [F#] _ my throat.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _
[G#] _ _ _ I'm a wolf, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so I'll submit, but I hear a wolf coughing.
_ _ _ _ _ I'm a snake, so I'll submit, but _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I hear a wolf coughing.
[G#] _ _ _ _ Do you think that's all I have?
_ _ _ Just a little. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ wolf, _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ so I'll submit, but I hear a _ _ _ wolf [G#m] _
coughing.
[C#m] _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ Come, now break [C#] me up.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#] _
They chained me to this table [F#] right here in the Tower of Solitude.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I was born a prisoner, but this you may be sure of.
The reeds have got their chance in the dead of [G#] night.
And [F#] as I'm fighting the judge, I'm coming home.
But I'll [C#] make it right. _ _ _ _
[G#] You see, I hear this final whistle.
[F#] _ _
Now I'll [C#] rise.
_ _ _ _ I _ [A#m] see you standing on [Fm] the other side.
I don't know [A#m] how, but the river [G#] got so wild.
And [F#m] I'll [F#] let you live.
_ _ _ [A#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
And [A#m] I'll put Britain for Britain [G#] in the key.
[A#m] I feel so close to _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ you.
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ I bid [C#] you farewell, but _ _ _
[G#] _ [C#] you'll be finished tomorrow in the Tower of Elvatran.
But [F#] you'll be here in a minute.
_ [D#] And I'll have a good [C#] time.
I'm lonely. _ _
I _ [G#] see you leave [F#] from me. _ _
_ [C#] _ _ I'm lonely.
_ _ [G#]
I'm lost.
Do you see me leave from you?
[F#] _ [F#m] _
_ [C#] _ Yes. _ _ _
[F#] Do you have [C#] a sense of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ where I'm placed?
Where I used to be?
[E] _
[G#] I'm freezing.
[F#] _ _ But I'll [C#] come home. I'm lonely. _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
I'm lost.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ Do you see me leave from you?
Do you have a sense of where [F#] I'm placed? _
Where I used [C#] to be? _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm lonely.
[G#m] _ [C#] I'm _ _
[G#m] _ [C#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [D#] lost.
Do [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] you _ [C#] _ have a sense of where I'm placed?
Where I used to be?
I'm lonely. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _