The Window Chords

Leonard Cohen - The Window
 
 
[Intro]
 
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[Verse 1]
 
  A                      E
Why do you stand by the window
  D                       A
Abandoned to beauty and pride
      A                         E
The thorn of the night in your bosern
      D                      A
The spear of the age in you side
 A                     E
Lost in the rages of fragrance
 D                     A
Lost in the rags of remorse
 A                      E
Lost in the waves of a sickness
      D                       A
That loosens the high silver nerves
 
 
[Chorus]
 
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O chosen love, O frozen love
   D                     A
O tangle of matter and ghost
   E
O darling of angels, demons and saints
          D                   A
And the whole broken-hearted host
 A           E
Gentle this soul
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
          A                           E
And come forth from your cloud of unknowing
D                      A
kiss the cheek of the moon
     A              E
The new Jerusalem glowing
     D                       A
Why tarry all night in this ruin
     A                   E
And leave no word of discomfort
    D                    A
Or leave no observer to mourn
      A                         E
But climb on your tears and be silent
          D                      A
Like the rose on its ladder of thorn
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    E
O chosen love, O frozen love
   D                     A
O tangle of matter and ghost
   E
O darling of angels, demons and saints
          D                   A
And the whole broken-hearted host
 A           E
Gentle this soul
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
      A                    E
Then lay your rose on the fire
     D                   A
The fire give up to the sun
     A                  E
The sun give over to splendor
       D                     A
In the arms of the High Holy One
         A                    E
For The Holy One dreams of a letter
         D                   A
And he Dreams of a letter's death
     A                    E
Oh bless the continuous stutter
        D                     A
Of the word being made into flesh
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    E
O chosen love, O frozen love
   D                     A
O tangle of matter and ghost
   E
O darling of angels, demons and saints
          D                   A
And the whole broken-hearted host
 A           E
Gentle this soul
D            A
Gentle this soul
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