{"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":64969,"song":"Closing Time","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64969-closing-time-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64969?type=chord","rating":4.87014,"votes":148,"content":"CLOSING TIME (L. Cohen)\r\nfrom Columbia Records' album THE FUTURE by LEONARD COHEN (CK 53226)\r\n\r\nTranscribed by Clay Boutilier\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAh, we're drinking and we're dancing[/tab]\r\n\r\nand the band is really happening\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand the Johnny Walker wisdom running high,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd my very sweet companion,[/tab]\r\n\r\nshe's the Angel of Compassion\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe's rubbing half the world against her thigh.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd every drinker, every dancer[/tab]\r\n\r\nlifts a happy face to thank her\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe fiddler fiddles something so sublime[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nall the women tear their blouses off[/tab]\r\n\r\nand the men they dance on the polka dots\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand it's partner found and it's partner lost[/tab]\r\n\r\nand it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nit's closing time (closing time, closing time, closing time)[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, the women tear their blouses off[/tab]\r\n\r\nand the men they dance on the polka dots\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nand it's partner found and it's partner lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nit's clo-sing time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we're lonely, we're romantic[/tab]\r\n\r\nand the cider laced with acid\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand the Holy Spirit's crying, \"Where's the beef?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd the moon is swimming naked[/tab]\r\n\r\nand the summer night is fragrant\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwith a mighty expectation of relief[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo we struggle and we stagger[/tab]\r\n\r\ndown the snakes and up the ladder\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nto the tower where the blessed hours chime[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I swear it happened just like this:[/tab]\r\n\r\na sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe Gates of Love they budged an inch[/tab]\r\n\r\nI can't say much has happened since\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut closing time (closing time, closing time, closing time)[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI swear it happened just like this:[/tab]\r\n\r\na sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nthe Gates of Love they budged an inch[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can't say much has happened since[/tab]\r\n\r\n  (can't say much has happened since, can't say much has happened since)\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut clo-sing time,   clo-sing time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I loved you for your beauty[/tab]\r\n\r\nbut that doesn't make a fool of me\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nyou were in it for your beauty too[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand I loved you for your body[/tab]\r\n\r\nthere's a voice that sounds like God to me\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\ndeclaring (declaring) declaring (declaring)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\ndeclaring that you're body's really you (really really really really you)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I loved you when our love was blessed[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I love you now there's nothing left\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nbut sorrow and a sense of overtime[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I missed you since the place got wrecked[/tab]\r\n\r\nand I just don't care what happens next\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nlooks like freedom but it feels like death[/tab]\r\n\r\nit's something in between, I guess\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nit's closing time (closing time, closing time, closing time)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah. I missed you since our place got wrecked[/tab]\r\n\r\nby the winds of change and the weeds of sex\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nand it looks like freedom but it feels like death[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nit's something in between, I guess[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nit's clo-sing time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, we're drinking and we're dancing[/tab]\r\n\r\nbut there's nothing really happening\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd my very close companion[/tab]\r\n\r\ngets me fumbling gets me laughing\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe's a hundred but she's wearing something tight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I lift my glass to the Awful Truth[/tab]\r\n\r\nwhich you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nexcept to say it isn't worth a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the whole damn place goes crazy twice[/tab]\r\n\r\nand it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut the Boss don't like these dizzy heights[/tab]\r\n\r\nwe're busted in the blinding lights\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nof closing time (closing time, closing time, closing time)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe whole damn place goes crazy twice[/tab]\r\n\r\nand it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nbut the Boss don't like these dizzy heights[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe're busted in the blinding lights (busted in the blinding lights)[/tab]\r\n\r\nbusted in the blinding lights\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof clo-sing time, clo-sing time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the women tear their blouses off[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the men they dance on the polka dots, it's clo---sing time[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's partner found, and it's partner lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops, it's clo---sing time[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I swear it happened just like this:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss, it's clo---sing time (closing time, closing time)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe gates of love they budged an inch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can't say much has happened since but clo---sing time (closing time, closing time)[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI loved you when our love was blessed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI love you now, there's nothing left but clo---sing time (closing time, closing time)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I missed you since our place got wrecked[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nby the winds of change and the weeds of sex, it's clo---sing time ....[/tab]","plain_text":"CLOSING TIME (L. Cohen)\nfrom Columbia Records' album THE FUTURE by LEONARD COHEN (CK 53226)\n\nTranscribed by Clay Boutilier\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nG    D    G   D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nand the band is really happening\n\n\n\nshe's the Angel of Compassion\n\n\n\nlifts a happy face to thank her\n\n\n\nand the men they dance on the polka dots\n\n\nand it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops\n\n\n\nand the men they dance on the polka dots\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nand the cider laced with acid\n\n\n\nand the summer night is fragrant\n\n\n\ndown the snakes and up the ladder\n\n\n\na sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss\n\n\nI can't say much has happened since\n\n\n\na sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss\n\n\n\n  (can't say much has happened since, can't say much has happened since)\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\nbut that doesn't make a fool of me\n\n\n\nthere's a voice that sounds like God to me\n\n\n\n\nAnd I love you now there's nothing left\n\n\n\nand I just don't care what happens next\n\n\nit's something in between, I guess\n\n\n\nby the winds of change and the weeds of sex\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nbut there's nothing really happening\n\n\n\ngets me fumbling gets me laughing\n\n\n\nwhich you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth\n\n\n\nand it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ\n\n\nwe're busted in the blinding lights\n\n\n\nand it's once for the Devil and it's once for Christ\n\n\n\nbusted in the blinding lights\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","D","Em","Bm","C","B7","A","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}