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So Long Marianne by Leonard Cohen

So Long Marianne chords by Leonard Cohen

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SO LONG MARIANNE
Leonard Cohen

[Verse 1]
   A                Bm
Come over to the window, my little darling
D               A
I'd like to try to read your palm
G                  D
I used to think I was some sort of gypsy boy
F#m             E  Esus4 E E7
  before I let you take me home

[Chorus]
  A         F#m
Now so long, Marianne,  It's time that we began
  E  Esus4   E E7   E Esus4    E   E7   A    Asus4
to laugh   and cry  and cry   and laugh about it all again
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[Verse 2]
     A         Bm
Well you know that I love to live with you
D                A
 but you make me forget so very much
G             D
 I forget to pray for the angels
       F#m            E sus4 E E7
and then the angels forget to pray for us

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
  A        Bm
We met when we were almost young
D             A
 deep in the green lilac park
G                D
 You held on to me like I was a crucifix
F#m                 E  Esus4 E E7
  as we went kneeling through the dark

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]
   A                 Bm
Your letters they all say that you're beside me now
D            A
 then why do I feel so alone
G                 D
 I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
  F#m           E Esus4 E E7
is fastening my ankle to a stone

[Chorus]

[Verse 5]
   A       Bm
For now I need your hidden love
D             A
 I'm cold as a new razor blade
G                D
 You left when I told you I was curious
F#m             E  Esus4 E E7
  I never said that I was brave

[Chorus]

[Verse 6]
   A           Bm
Oh, you are really such a pretty one
D                  A
 I see you've gone and changed your name again
G               D
 And just when I climbed this whole mountainside
  F#m           E Esus4 E E7
to wash my eyelids in the rain

[Chorus]

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[I found this extra verse written out somewhere. Not on the original recording from the Best Of... Disc]

  A          Bm
Oh, your eyes, well, I forget your eyes
D               A
 your body's at home in every sea
G               D
 How come you gave away your news to everyone
F#m               E Esus4 E E7
  that you said was a secret to me

So Long Marianne chords

Leonard Cohen chords for So long marianne

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"So long Marianne" is a early Cohen song from the 60s. It is about Norwegian girl Marianne who he met on a Greek island.

Cohen brought Marianne back to her native Oslo. They would eventually end up living together in Cohen's Montreal.

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