{"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":1936713,"song":"Samson In New Orleans","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1936713-samson-in-new-orleans-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1936713?type=chord","rating":4.79661,"votes":25,"content":"Capo on 1st fret\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         \r\n[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou said that you were with me, you said you were my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDid you really love the city or did you just pretend?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou said you loved her secrets and her freedoms hid away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe was better than America, that's what I heard you say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou said how could this happen, you said how can this be[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe remnant all dishonored on the bridge of misery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we who cried for mercy from the bottom of the pit[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas our prayer so damn unworthy the Son rejected it?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo gather up the killers, get everyone in town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStand me by those pillars, let me take this temple down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe king so kind and solemn, he wears a bloody crown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo stand me by that column, let me take this temple down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         \r\n[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      \r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou said how could this happen, you said how can this be[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe chains are gone from heaven, the storms are wild and free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's other ways to answer, that certainly is true[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMe, I'm blind with death and anger and that's no place for you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a woman in the window, there's a bed in tinsel town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll write you when it's over, let me take this temple down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou said you loved her secrets, her freedoms hid away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe was better than America, that's what I heard you say[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 1st fret\n\n[Intro]\nC\nF      C\nAm    F        C         \nG     G7       C        \n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC\nF      C\nAm    F        C         \nG     G7       C      \n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","Am","G","G7","E7"],"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]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}