{"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":1982037,"song":"Master Song","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1982037-master-song-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1982037?type=chord","rating":4.90201,"votes":23,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI believe that you heard your master sing [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhen I was sick in bed. [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI suppose that he told you everything [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat I keep locked away in my head. [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYour master took you travelling, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwell at least that's what you said. [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd now do you come back to bring [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nyour prisoner wine and bread? [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou met him at some temple, where[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nthey take your clothes at the door.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nHe was just a numberless man in a chair [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwho'd just come back from the war. [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd you wrap up his tired face in your hair [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand he hands you the apple core. [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen he touches your lips, now so suddenly bare [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nof all the kisses we put on some time before. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he gave you a German shepherd to walk [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwith a collar of leather and nails, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand he never once made you explain or talk [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAbout all of the little details, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nsuch as who had a word and who had a rock, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand who had you through the mails. [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow your love is a secret all over the block, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand it never stops not even when your master fails. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he took you up in his aeroplane, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhich he flew without any hands, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand you cruised above the ribbons of rain [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat drove the crowd from the stands. [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen he killed the lights in a lonely lane [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhere an ape with angel glands, [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nerased the final wisps of pain [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwith the music of rubber bands. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd now I hear your master sing, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nyou kneel for him to come. [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHis body is a golden string [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat your body is hanging from. [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHis body is a golden string, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmy body has grown numb. [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh now you hear your master sing, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nyour shirt is all undone. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd will you kneel beside this bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nthat we polished so long ago, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbefore your master chose instead [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto make my bed of snow? [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYour eyes are wild and your knuckles are red [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand you're speaking far too low. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo I can't make out what your master said [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbefore he made you go. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen I think you're playing far too rough [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfor a lady who's been to the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've lain by this window long enough [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto get used to an empty room. [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd your love is some dust in an old man's cuff [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwho is tapping his foot to a tune, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand your thighs are a ruin, you want too much, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nlet's say you came back some time too soon. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI loved your master perfectly [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI taught him all that he knew. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe was starving in some deep mystery [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nlike a man who is sure what is true. [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I sent you to him with my guarantee [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could teach him something new, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand I taught him how you would long for me [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nno matter what he said no matter what you'd do. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI believe that you heard your master sing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhen I was sick in bed. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI suppose that he told you everything [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat I keep locked away in my head. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYour master took you travelling, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwell at least that's what you said. [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd now do you come back to bring [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nyour prisoner wine and bread?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]","chords":["Am","Bb","Dm","F","G","C","Em","E"],"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]},"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]}}}