Chords:
{t: Tower of Song }
{key: A}
{artist:Leonard Cohen}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiAuXRK3Ogk Capo on fret 2
From: Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpexuke.com Key change
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[A] Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I [A7] used to play
And I'm [D] crazy for love [D7] but I'm not coming [A] on
I'm just [E7] paying my rent every[D]day in the [D7] tower of [A] song
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[A] I said to Hank Williams how lonely does it get
Hank Williams hasn't [A7] answered yet
But I [D] hear him coughing [D7] all night [A] long
A [E7] hundred floors above me [D] in the [D7] tower of [A] song
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[A] I was born like this I had no choice.
I was born with the gift of a [A7] golden voice
And [D] 27 angels [D7] from the great be[A]yond
They [E7] tied me to this table right [D] here in the [D7] tower of [A] song
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[A] So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry baby doesn't [A7] look like me at all
I'm [D] standing by the window [D7] where the light is [A] strong
They don't [E7] let a woman kill you [D] not in the [D7] tower of [A] song
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[A] Now you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure:
The rich have got their channels in the [A7] bedrooms of the poor
And there's a [D] mighty judgment coming [D7] but I may be [A] wrong
You see you [E7] hear these funny voices [D] in the [D7] tower of [A] song
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[F#m] I see you standing on the [E] other side
[F#m] I don't know how the river [E] got so wide
I [D] loved you baby [D7] way back [A] when
[F#m] And all the bridges are burning that we [E] might have crossed
[F#m] But I feel so close to every[E]thing that we lost
We'll [D] never have to lose it a[E7]gain
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[A] I bid you farewell I don't know when I'll be back
They're moving us tomorrow to that [A7] tower down the track
But you'll be [D] hearing from me baby [D7] long after I'm [A] gone
I'll be [E7] speaking to you sweetly from a [D] window
In the [D7] tower of [A] song
