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FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN (Leonard Cohen)


        Dm (xx0231@1)                           AmThey (x02210@1)sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
       Dm (xx0231@1)                            AmFor (x02210@1)trying to change the system from within
       Dm (xx0231@1)                     AmI'm (x02210@1)coming now I'm coming to reward   them
  G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)E (022100@1)               AmFirst (x02210@1)we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

       Dm (xx0231@1)                      AmI'm (x02210@1)guided by a signal in the heavens
       Dm (xx0231@1)                       AmI'm (x02210@1)guided by this birthmark on my skin
       Dm (xx0231@1)                       AmI'm (x02210@1)guided by the beauty of our weapons
  G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)E (022100@1)               AmFirst (x02210@1)we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

    C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)  FI'd (133211@1)really like to live beside you, baby
              C (x32010@1)                           AmI (x02210@1)love your body and your spirit and your clothes
         C (x32010@1)                                     AmBut (x02210@1)you see that line there moving through the station
    G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)        E (022100@1)                    AmI (x02210@1)told you I told you I told you I was one of those

       Dm (xx0231@1)                            AmYou (x02210@1)loved me as a loser but now your worried that I just might win
     Dm (xx0231@1)                           AmYou (x02210@1)know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline
     Dm (xx0231@1)                              AmHow (x02210@1)many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin
  G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)E (022100@1)               AmFirst (x02210@1)we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Dm (xx0231@1)                                 AmI (x02210@1)don't like your fashion business, mister
Dm (xx0231@1)                                    AmI (x02210@1)don't like these drugs that keep you thin
Dm (xx0231@1)                                AmI (x02210@1)don't like what happened to your sister
  G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)E (022100@1)               AmFirst (x02210@1)we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin  (chorus)

       Dm (xx0231@1)                              AmAnd (x02210@1)I thank you for those items that you sent me
    Dm (xx0231@1)                       AmThe (x02210@1)monkey and the plywood violin
    Dm (xx0231@1)                             AmI (x02210@1)practiced every night and now I'm ready
  G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)E (022100@1)               AmFirst (x02210@1)we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

   Dm (xx0231@1)                          AmRemember (x02210@1)me, I used to live for music
   Dm (xx0231@1)                                AmRemember (x02210@1)me, I brought your groceries in
       Dm (xx0231@1)                        AmIt's (x02210@1)Father's Day and everybody's wounded
  G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)E (022100@1)               AmFirst (x02210@1)we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin