Chords for Sharon Robinson, Alexandra Leaving , Leonard Cohen Amsterdam 21-08-2012

with [Bb] a kiss.
_ [Ab] Do not say
[D] this moment was imagined.
[Eb] _ Do not stoop
[C] to strategies [Gm] like this.
_ _ As someone [Ab] long prepared
for this to happen, _
[Bm] go firmly to the window.
[Gm] Triggy,
_ [Bb] _
exquisite music,
[D] _ [Ab] Alexandra [Bb] laughing,
_ your [G] first
triggy, _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bm] exquisite
[Gm] song.
[C] _ [D] Alexandra leaving homage
to the great, [Gm] _
great
lord, Pastor Jim
Calefas, sung by
_ the co-writer _ Sharon Robinson.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Db] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
Suddenly _ _ _ _ the night has [Fm] grown colder. _
The _ [Eb] _ _ god of love
[Db] _ [Eb] preparing me to [Ab] depart. _
_ _ _ _ Alexandra
always [Fm] stood on his shore. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ They slipped between
_ [Db] the [Eb] centuries
[Ab] of the heart.
_ [Cm] _
Upheld
by the _ simplicities
of [Db] pleasure.
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm]
They
gain the light.
They [Eb] formlessly _ _ _ entwine.
_ _ [Ab] _ _
_ Radiant beyond your _ [Fm] widest measure.
_ _ _ _ [Db] _
They fall among _ the [Eb] voices
[Ab] and the ones. _ _ _
It's [Db] not a trick.
_ [Eb] Your sense
is [Fm] all deceiving. _ _ _
A [Db] pitiful _ dream,
the morning [Eb] will _ _ exhaust. _
[Ab] Say goodbye
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] to [Cm] _ [Db] Alexandra leaving. _ _ _ _ _
Then say
goodbye [Eb] to Alexandra [Ab] _ alone. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Even
though she sleeps upon
[Fm] _ _ your satin. _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ Even though _ [Db] she [Eb] wakes
you [Ab] with a _ kiss. _
_ Do not say the moment [Fm] was imagined.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Do not stew
_ _ [Db] _
[Eb] strategies _ [Ab] like this. _
[Cm] As someone long _ prepared
[Db] _
for this to happen,
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm]
go firmly
to the window you're [Eb] drinking _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] [Ab] exquisite music.
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm]
Alexandra laughing.
_ _ _ _ [Db] _
Your first _ _ glimpse _ _ [F] tangible
[Ab] _ _ _ again.
_ And [Db] you had [Eb] the honor [Fm] of her evening. _ _
_ And [Db] by that honor _
had your [Eb] own story. _ _
_ _ [Ab] Say goodbye [Eb] _ [Fm] to _ [Eb] Alexandra [Db] leaving. _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ _ Alexandra
[Eb] leaving _ [Ab] with her _ lord.
_ Even [Db] though she _ sleeps
[Eb] upon your [Fm] _ satin. _ _
_ [Ab] Even [Db] though she
wakes you [Eb]
with _ _ [Fm] _ a kiss.
_ Do not [Db] say the moment
_ [Ab] [Eb] was _ _ [Fm] _ _ imagined. _
_ Do not [Bb] stew strategies _ _ _ like [Ab] _ _ this.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ As someone long [Fm] prepared _ for the occasion, _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ in full command _ [C] [Db] of every [Eb] plan [Ab] you read.
_ _ _ Do not choose a _ [Fm] _ coward's explanation _ that _ [Eb] _ _ _ hides behind [Db] the cause [Eb] and
[Ab] defense.
And [Db] you were
_ _ [Eb] bewildered [Ab] by [Fm] _ a meaning _
_ [Db] whose
code was broken. _
_ Crucifix
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ uncrossed. [Ab] Say goodbye _ [Fm] to _ [Cm] Alexandra [Db] leaving. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] [Db] Then say goodbye [Eb] to _ Alexandra [Ab] _ lost. _ _
_ Say _ [Eb] goodbye
_ [Fm] to [Ab] _ [Db] Alexandra leaving. _ _
_ _ _ Then say goodbye [Eb] to _ _ _ Alexandra
_ _ _ _ _ lost.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _