{"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":1098317,"song":"Take This Longing","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1098317-take-this-longing-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1098317?type=chord","rating":4.82601,"votes":60,"content":"Normal tuning\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMany men have loved the bells[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou fastened to the rein[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd everyone who wanted you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey found what they will always want again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour beauty lost to you yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust as it was lost to them[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh take this longing from my tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhatever useless things these hands have done[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet me see your beauty broken down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike you would do for one you love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYour body like a searchlight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy poverty revealed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI would like to try your charity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUntil you cry, \"Now you must try my greed.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd everything depends upon[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow near you sleep to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust take this longing from my tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the lonely things my hands have done[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet me see your beauty broken down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike you would do for one you love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHungry as an archway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThrough which the troops have passed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI stand in ruins behind you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith your winter clothes, your broken sandal straps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI love to see you naked over there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEspecially from the back[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh take this longing from my tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the useless things my hands have done[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUntie for me your hired blue gown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike you would do for one that you love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou're faithful to the better man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm afraid that he left[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSo let me judge your love affair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn this very room where I have sentenced mine to death[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll even wear these old laurel leaves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat he's shaken from his head[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust take this longing from my tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the useless things my hands have done[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet me see your beauty broken down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike you would do for one you love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike you would do for one you love[/tab]","plain_text":"Normal tuning\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Bb","F","Dm","Gm","Em","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}