{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":10076442,"song":"Last Year Man","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":null,"url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/10076442-last-year-man-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/10076442?type=chord","rating":null,"votes":null,"content":"Intro:\nThe rain falls down on last\nYear's man\nThat's a jew's harp on the table\nThat's a crayon in his hand\nAnd the corners of the blueprint\nAre ruined since they rolled\nFar past the stems of thumbtacks\nThat still throw shadows\nOn the wood\nAnd the skylight is like\nSkin for a drum i'll never mend\nAnd all the rain falls down amen\nOn the works of last year's man\nI met a lady\nShe was playing with her\nSoldiers in the dark\nOh one by one she had to tell them\nThat her name was Joan of Arc\nI was in that army\nYes I   stayed a little while;\nI want to thank you, Joan of Arc\nFor treating me so well\nAnd though I wear a uniform\nI was not born to fight;\nAll these wounded boys you\nLie beside\nGoodnight, my friends, goodnight\nI came upon a wedding that\nOld families had contrived;\nBethlehem the bridegroom\nBabylon the bride\nGreat Babylon was naked\nOh she stood there trembling\nFor me\nAnd Bethlehem inflamed us both\nLike the shy one at some orgy\nAnd when we fell together\nAll our flesh was like a veil\nThat I had to draw aside to see\nThe serpent eat its tail\nSome women wait for Jesus\nAnd some women wait for Cain\nSo I hang upon my altar\nAnd I hoist my axe again\nAnd I take the one who finds\nMe back to where it all began\nWhen Jesus was the honeymoon\nAnd Cain was just the man\nAnd we read from pleasant\nBibles that are bound in blood\nAnd skin\nThat the wilderness is gathering\nAll its children back again\nThe rain falls down on last\nYear's man\nAn hour has gone by\nAnd he has not moved his hand\nBut everything will happen\nIf he only gives the word;\nThe lovers will rise up\nAnd the mountains touch the ground\nBut the skylight is like\nSkin for a drum i'll never mend\nAnd all the rain falls down amen\nOn the works of last year's man\nBridge:\nEnding:","plain_text":"Intro:\nThe rain falls down on last\nYear's man\nThat's a jew's harp on the table\nThat's a crayon in his hand\nAnd the corners of the blueprint\nAre ruined since they rolled\nFar past the stems of thumbtacks\nThat still throw shadows\nOn the wood\nAnd the skylight is like\nSkin for a drum i'll never mend\nAnd all the rain falls down amen\nOn the works of last year's man\nI met a lady\nShe was playing with her\nSoldiers in the dark\nOh one by one she had to tell them\nThat her name was Joan of Arc\nI was in that army\nYes I   stayed a little while;\nI want to thank you, Joan of Arc\nFor treating me so well\nAnd though I wear a uniform\nI was not born to fight;\nAll these wounded boys you\nLie beside\nGoodnight, my friends, goodnight\nI came upon a wedding that\nOld families had contrived;\nBethlehem the bridegroom\nBabylon the bride\nGreat Babylon was naked\nOh she stood there trembling\nFor me\nAnd Bethlehem inflamed us both\nLike the shy one at some orgy\nAnd when we fell together\nAll our flesh was like a veil\nThat I had to draw aside to see\nThe serpent eat its tail\nSome women wait for Jesus\nAnd some women wait for Cain\nSo I hang upon my altar\nAnd I hoist my axe again\nAnd I take the one who finds\nMe back to where it all began\nWhen Jesus was the honeymoon\nAnd Cain was just the man\nAnd we read from pleasant\nBibles that are bound in blood\nAnd skin\nThat the wilderness is gathering\nAll its children back again\nThe rain falls down on last\nYear's man\nAn hour has gone by\nAnd he has not moved his hand\nBut everything will happen\nIf he only gives the word;\nThe lovers will rise up\nAnd the mountains touch the ground\nBut the skylight is like\nSkin for a drum i'll never mend\nAnd all the rain falls down amen\nOn the works of last year's man\nBridge:\nEnding:","chords":[]}