{"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":81415,"song":"First We Take Manhattan","artist":"R.E.M.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11548448-first-we-take-manhattan-chords-by-r-e-m/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/81415?type=chord","rating":4.59741,"votes":33,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n#\r\n\r\n# For the latest collection of R.E.M. chords & tab, go to\r\n#\r\n#\r\n\r\nFIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN (Leonard Cohen)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey sentenced me to twenty years of boredom[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor trying to change the system from within[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm coming now I'm coming to reward   them[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm guided by a signal in the heavens[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm guided by this birthmark on my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm guided by the beauty of our weapons[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'd really like to live beside you, baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI love your body and your spirit and your clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you see that line there moving through the station[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI told you I told you I told you I was one of those[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou loved me as a loser but now your worried that I just might win[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't like your fashion business, mister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't like these drugs that keep you thin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't like what happened to your sister[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin  (chorus)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I thank you for those items that you sent me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe monkey and the plywood violin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI practiced every night and now I'm ready[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRemember me, I used to live for music[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRemember me, I brought your groceries in[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's Father's Day and everybody's wounded[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n#\n\n# For the latest collection of R.E.M. chords & tab, go to\n#\n#\n\nFIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN (Leonard Cohen)","chords":["E","Dm","Am","G","F","C"],"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}