{"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":15864,"song":"Last Years Man","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/15864-last-years-man-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/15864?type=chord","rating":4.54203,"votes":82,"content":"Last Year's Man\r\nBy Leonard Cohen\r\n\r\nTab: Eamonn Bolger\r\n\r\nPick the chords as follows:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-----3---3---|                      |-------3-----|\r\nB|-----0---0---|                      |-----0---0---|\r\nG|---0---0---0-|   or, if you want:   |---0-------0-|\r\nD|-------------|                      |-------------|\r\nA|-------------|                      |-------------|\r\ne|-3-----------|                      |-3-----------|\r\n   / / / / / /                          / / / / / /[/tab]\r\n\r\nEach slash is an eighth note\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  The rain falls down on last year's man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's a Jews harp on the table, that's a crayon in his hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the corners of the blue print are ruined since they rolled[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFar past the stems of thumb tacks that still throw shadows on the wood.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the skylight is like the skin for a drum I'll never mend[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all the rain falls down, Amen, on the works of last year's man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, one by one she had to tell them that her name was Joan of Arc.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI was in that army, yes I stayed a little while[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI want to thank you Joan of Arc for treating me so well.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tho'  I wear a uniform I was not born to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll these wounded boys you lie beside; good night my friends, goodnight.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I came upon a wedding that old fam'lies had contrived[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBethlehem the bridegroom Babylon the bride.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGreat Babylon was naked Ah! she stood there trembling for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Bethlehem inflamed us both like the shy one at some orgy.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when we fell together all our flesh was like a veil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat I had to draw aside to see the serpent eat its tail.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Some women wait for Jesus and some women wait for Cain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I hang upon my altar and I hoist my axe again.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I take the one who finds me back to where it all began[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen Jesus was the honeymoon and Cain was just the man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we read from pleasant Bibles that are bound in blood an skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat the wilderness is gathering all its children back again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  The rain falls down on last year's man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn hour has gone by and he has not moved his hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut everything will happen if he only gives the word[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe lovers will rise up and the mountains touch the ground.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all the rain falls down, Amen, on the works of last year's man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Last Year's Man\nBy Leonard Cohen\n\nTab: Eamonn Bolger\n\nPick the chords as follows:\n\n\n\nEach slash is an eighth note\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG       Em      F       C","chords":["G","B","D","A","Em","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}