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Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 20:16:24 -0700 (MST)
From: T Dymarz 
Subject: CRD:c/cohen_leonard/field_commander_cohen.crd

tabbed by Tullia Dymarz tdymarz@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca

Instructions: CAPO 5
strum each of the x's
(*) indicates the chord should be played in this manner:
Am (x02210@1)          Dme-----0---0--|-----1---1---| (xx0231@1)b-----1---1--|-----3---3---|
g---2---2---2|---2---2---2-|
d------------|-0-----------|
a-0----------|-------------|
E------------|-------------|

Field Commander Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony


Cx (x32010@1)x x x x x x

Cx (x32010@1)       x  x   x      x  x   x   G (320003@1)  x x  x    Bbx (x1333x@1)x x
  Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy.
Fx (133211@1)      x  x   x    x  x x
  Wounded in the line of duty,
Dmx (xx0231@1)  x  x    x x  x x   Cx (x32010@1)   x x   Gm (355333@1)x    x  x
   parachuting acid into    diplomatic cocktail parties,
Bb (x1333x@1)x    x  x  x  x   x x F (133211@1) x  x      x   Cm (x3101x@1) x x x
  urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles.
          Bb (x1333x@1)x    x  x   Dm (xx0231@1) Leave it all and like a man,
     Bb (x1333x@1)            Dmcome (xx0231@1)back to nothing special,
        *Am               *Am
such as waiting rooms and ticket lines,
*Dm             *Am
 silver bullet suicides,
*Dm             *Am
and messianic ocean tides,
*Dm                *Am
and racial roller-coaster rides
      *Bb                       *A
and other forms of boredom advertised as poetry.

E  E  E  E (just the bottom note)

Bm (x24432@1)                     D (xx0232@1)  I know you need your sleep now,
                          A (x02220@1)  I know your life's been hard.
Bm (x24432@1)                 D (xx0232@1)  But many men are falling,
            Awhere (x02220@1)you promised to stand guard.

  C (x32010@1)   x   x x x    x x     x   x    x    G (320003@1)  x    x    x   Bb (x1333x@1)x x x
I never asked    but I heard you cast your lot along with the poor.
F (133211@1)   x      x x x     x    x  x
  But then I overheard your prayer,
Dm (xx0231@1)   x      x    x   x  x   x  x
  that you be this and nothing more
C (x32010@1)    x         x    x   Gm (355333@1) x   x  x    Bbx (x1333x@1)        x   x
  than just some grateful faithful woman's    favourite singing
x  x  x  x
millionaire,
    F (133211@1)x   x     x  Cmx (x3101x@1)x x         Bbx (x1333x@1)  x  x   Dmthe (xx0231@1)patron Saint of envy     and the grocer of despair,
E (022100@1)                     Aworking (x02220@1)for the Yankee Dollar.

E E E E
BmI (x24432@1)know you need your sleep now ...

C (x32010@1)  x   x  x        x  x    x   x     G (320003@1)      x   x x Bbx (x1333x@1)x x
 Ah, lover come and lie with me, if my lover is who you are,
F (133211@1)  x  x    x   x    x    x   x  Dmx (xx0231@1)     x  x   x    x   x  x
 and be your sweetest self awhile  until I ask for more, my child.
C (x32010@1)   x   x   x     Gm (355333@1)   x  x   x  Bb (x1333x@1)   x        x  x x   x   x  x
 Then let the other selves be wrong,  yeah, let them manifest and come
F (133211@1)   x     x     x  Cmx (x3101x@1)  x  x
 till every taste is on the tongue,
Bb (x1333x@1)  x       x       x   Dm (xx0231@1) x  x   x
 till love is pierced and love is hung,
Bb (x1333x@1) x     x    x  Dm (xx0231@1)x   x  x
 and every kind of freedom done, then
*Am    *F    *Am    *F   *Am   *F
 oh my love, oh my love, oh my love,...