{"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":64972,"song":"Dress Rehearsal Rag","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64972-dress-rehearsal-rag-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64972?type=chord","rating":4.68646,"votes":31,"content":"#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------#\r\n#This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation  #\r\n#of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or   #\r\n#research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or other monospaced font.   #\r\n#See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information.                           #\r\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n\r\nSubject: c/cohen_leonard/dress_rehearsal_rag.crd\r\n\r\nWords & music by Leonard Cohen\r\nAlbum: Songs of Love and Hate (1971)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                          [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  Four o'clock in the afternoon, and I didn't feel like very much.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                                      [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]                    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  I said to my self, \"where are you, golden boy, where's your famous golden touch?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                 [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  I thought you knew where all of the elephants lie down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                             [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  I thought you where the crown-prince of all the wheels in Ivory Town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                  [ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n  Just take a look at your body now,      there's nothing much to save.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                        [ch]Bbm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n  And a bitter voice in the mirror cries \"Hey, Prince, you need a shave.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                         [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  Now if you can manage to get your trembling fingers to behave,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                        [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]                           [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  Why don't you try unwrapping a stainless steel razor blade? That's right, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]Bbm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]               \r\n  it's come to this. Yes, it's come to this,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And wasn't it a long way down?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Wasn't it a strange way down?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThere's no hot water and the cold is running thin,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                                  [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  Well, what do you expect from the kind of places you've been living in?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                        [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  Don't drink from that cup, it's all caked and cracked along the rim,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                             [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  That's not electric light, my friend, that is your vision growing dim.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                 [ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n  Cover up your face with soap, there, now you're Santa Claus,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                 [ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n  And you got a gift for anyone who will give you his applause.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]                               [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  I thought you were a racing man, ah, but you couldn't take the pace.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                              [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]                                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  That's a funeral in the mirror, and it's stopping at your face. That's right, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]Bbm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]               \r\n  it's come to this. Yes, it's come to this,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And wasn't it a long way down?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Ah wasn't it a strange way down?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nOnce there was a path and a girl with chestnut hair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                      [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  And you passed the summers picking all of the berries that grew there.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  There were times she was a woman, oh, there were times she was just a child,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                 [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  And you held her in the shadow where the raspberries grow wild.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n  And you climbed twilight mountains, and you sang about the view,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n  And everywhere that you wandered, love seemed to go along with you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                   [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                        [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  That's a hard one to remember, yes, it makes you clench your fist,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                     [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                            [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  And then the veins stand out like highways all along your wrist. And yes,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]Bbm[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]               \r\n  it's come to this. Yeah, it's come to this,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And wasn't it a long way down?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Wasn't it a strange way down?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou can still find a job, go out and talk to a friend,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                        [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  On the back of every magazine, there are those coupons you can send.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                   [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                             [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  Why don't you join the Rosicrucians? They will give you back your hope,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                        [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  You can find your love with diagrams on a plain brown envelope.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                  [ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n  But you've used up all your coupons, except the one that seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n  To be written on your wrist along with several thousand dreams.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                             [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  Now Santa Claus comes forward, that's a razor in his mitt,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n  And he puts on his dark glasses, and he shows you where to hit. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\n  And then the cameras pan, the stand-in stuntman,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  dress re--hearsal rag,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  It's just the dress re--hearsal rag,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  You know this dress re--hearsal rag,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  It's just the dress re--hearsal rag.[/tab]","plain_text":"#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------#\n#This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation  #\n#of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or   #\n#research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or other monospaced font.   #\n#See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information.                           #\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n\nSubject: c/cohen_leonard/dress_rehearsal_rag.crd\n\nWords & music by Leonard Cohen\nAlbum: Songs of Love and Hate (1971)\n\n[Intro]\nBm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Bm","Cm","C#m","Bbm","Am","Bb","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}