So Long, Marianne Chords by Leonard Cohen
- Key: A
- BPM: 95
- Capo: no capo
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SO LONG, MARIANNE CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] 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 kind of Gypsy boy F#m E Before I let you take me home [Chorus] A Now so long Marianne F#m E It's time that we began to laugh E7 E A And cry and cry and laugh about it all again [Verse] 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 And then the angels forget to pray for us [Chorus] A7 A F#m Now so long Marianne ■ E It's time that we began to laugh A And cry and cry and laugh about it all again [Verse] D Bm7 D We met when we were almost ■ ■ young Esus4 D A Deep in the green lilac park G D ■ You held on to me like I was a crucifix F#m E ■ As we went kneeling through the dark [Chorus] A Oh so long Marianne F#m E It's time that we began to laugh E7 E A And cry and cry and laugh about it all again [Verse] Asus4 A Bm ■ ■ Your letters they all say that you're beside me now D A ■ Then why do I feel alone G D ■ I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web F#m E Is fastening my ankle to a stone [Chorus] A F#m Now so long Marianne E It's time that we began to laugh Esus4 E E7 A And cry and cry and laugh about it all again [Verse] Bm7 Bm For now I need your hidden love D A ■ I'm cold as a new razorblade G D ■ You left when I told you I was curious F#m E ■ I never said that I was brave [Chorus] A F#m Oh so long Marianne E It's time that we began to laugh A And cry and cry and laugh about it all again [Verse] Bm Oh you are really such a pretty one D A ■ I see you've gone and changed your name again [Chorus] G D ■ And just when I climbed this whole mountainside F#m E E7 ■ To wash my eyelids in the rain A Oh so long Marianne F#m It's time that we began to laugh E E7 E A And cry and cry and laugh about it all again D A Asus4 A ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]