First We Take Manhattan Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Fm
Capo:	8th fret

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First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
spotify:track:6UEzGV76d96lYTA68iBO0B
Capo 8 or transpose +8 to get tone of recording
ADVICE: Most easy is Capo on 1 and Transpose Button -5
 
 
[Intro]
| Dm | %  | Am | %  |
| Dm | %  | Am | %  |
| Dm | %  | Am | %  |
| G  | F  | E  | E  |
| Am | Am |
 
 
[Verse 1]
        Dm                           Am
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
    Dm                                 Am
For trying to change the system from within
    Dm                         Am
I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
 
 
[Verse 2]
    Dm                        Am
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
    Dm                             Am
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
    Dm                          Am
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
 
 
[Chorus]
    C                               G
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
F    G         C                             Am
  I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
        C                                      Am
But you see that line there moving through the station
  G           F         E                     Am
I told you, I told you, told you I was one of those
 
 
[Verse 3]
    Dm                                 Am
You loved me as a loser but now you're worried that I just might win
    Dm                              Am
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline
   Dm                                  Am
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
 
 
[Verse 4]
Dm                                  Am
I don't like your fashion business, mister
Dm                                     Am
I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
Dm                               Am
I don't like what happened to my sister
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
 
 
[Chorus]
    C                               G
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
F    G         C                             Am
  I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
        C                                      Am
But you see that line there moving through the station
  G           F         E                     Am
I told you, I told you, told you I was one of those
 
 
[Verse 5]
      Dm                                 Am
And I thank you for those items that you sent me
    Dm                        Am
The monkey and the plywood violin
  Dm                            Am
I practiced every night now I'm ready
G                F       E               Am   G  F  E
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
 
 
[Verse 6]
  Dm                            Am
Remember me, I used to live for music
  Dm                                  Am
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
          Dm                           Am
Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
G                F       E               Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
 
 
[Outro]
Am      G Am
(Repeat and fade out)
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The chords and intervals seem right, but the key is off from my recording unless I capo the first fret and play: Am Em x3 D C B Em Chs. G D C G Em x2 D C B Em Obviously I have no idea of the music theory behind it though.

If transpose to +7 and place a capo on the first fret, you'll get near enough to the original. Exactly what Ryanflint suggested above: Am Em x3 D C B Em Chs. G D C G Em x2 D C B Em

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