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From alt.guitar.tab Mon Sep  5 12:40:28 1994
Subject: Re: REQ: "Sisters of Mercy" by Leonard Cohen

> this song is so beautiful.  please someone send me the chords...
>
> thanks awfully
>
      A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)                  E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1) AOh (x02220@1)Sis-ters of Mer-cy they are not de-par-ted or gone

      C#m (x13321@4)           G#m (133111@4)         C#m (x13321@4)        G#m (133111@4)       E (022100@1) Esus4E
They were wait-ing for me when I thought that I just cant go on

      D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)        F#m (244222@1)            EEsus4 EAnd (022100@1)they brought me their com-fort and later they brought me their song

   A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)                      E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)   DOh (xx0232@1)I hope you into them you who've been trav-ling so long

G/DD/A A7D    G/DD/A A7D        A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)--------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes you who must leave everything
That you cannot control
It begins with your family,
but soon it comes round to your soul
Well I've been where you're hanging
I think I can see how you're pinned
When you're not feeling holy
Your loneliness says that your've sinned

They lay down beside me
I made my confession to them
They touched both my eyes
And I touched the dew on their hem
If your life is a leaf
That the seasons tear off and condemn
They will bind yoou with love
That is graceful and green as a stem

When I left they were sleeping
I hope you run into them soon
Dont turn on the lights
You can read their address by the moon
And you wont make me jealous
If I hear that they sweetened your night

D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)          DWe (xx0232@1)werent lov-ers like that
       A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)        AAnd (x02220@1)besides it would still be all right

We werent lovers like that
And besides it would still be all right


C#m (x13321@4)     G#m (133111@4)     Esus4 (022200@1)   F#m (244222@1)     G/D (4x3121@7)     D/A (x00232@1)     A7X----- (x02020@1)   ------    o---oo    ------    X-----    Xoo---    Xo-o-o
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