{"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":64975,"song":"Field Commander Cohen","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64975-field-commander-cohen-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64975?type=chord","rating":4.79744,"votes":36,"content":"Field Commander Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony\r\n\r\nInstructions: CAPO 5\r\n\r\n(*) indicates the chord should be played in this manner:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ne|-----0---0--|-----1---1---|\r\nB|-----1---1--|-----3---3---|\r\nG|---2---2---2|---2---2---2-|\r\nD|------------|-0-----------|\r\nA|-0----------|-------------|\r\nE|------------|-------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]       \r\n  Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           \r\n  Wounded in the line of duty,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]           \r\n   parachuting acid into    diplomatic cocktail parties,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Cm[/ch]        \r\n  urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  Leave it all and like a man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ncome back to nothing special,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]*               [ch]Am[/ch]*\r\nsuch as waiting rooms and ticket lines,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]*             [ch]Am[/ch]*\r\n silver bullet suicides,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]*             [ch]Am[/ch]*\r\nand messianic ocean tides,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]*                [ch]Am[/ch]*\r\nand racial roller-coaster rides[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]*                       [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nand other forms of boredom advertised as poetry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n(just the bottom note)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   I know you need your sleep now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   I know your life's been hard.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   But many men are falling,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere you promised to stand guard.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]       \r\nI never asked but I heard you cast your lot along with the poor.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               \r\n  But then I overheard your prayer,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                \r\n  that you be this and nothing more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]               \r\n  than just some grateful faithful woman's    favourite singing[/tab]\r\n         \r\nmillionaire,\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nthe patron Saint of envy     and the grocer of despair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nworking for the Yankee Dollar.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   I know you need your sleep now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   I know your life's been hard.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   But many men are falling,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere you promised to stand guard.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\n Ah, lover come and lie with me, if my lover is who you are,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]               \r\n and be your sweetest self awhile  until I ask for more, my child.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]              \r\n Then let the other selves be wrong,  yeah, let them manifest and come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Cm[/ch]         \r\n till every taste is on the tongue,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]           \r\n till love is pierced and love is hung,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]        \r\n and every kind of freedom done, then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]*    [ch]F[/ch]*    [ch]Am[/ch]*    [ch]F[/ch]*   [ch]Am[/ch]*   [ch]F[/ch]*\r\n oh my love, oh my love, oh my love,...[/tab]","plain_text":"Field Commander Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony\n\nInstructions: CAPO 5\n\n(*) indicates the chord should be played in this manner:\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n         \nmillionaire,\n\n\n\nE E E E\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["Am","Dm","B","G","D","A","E","C","Bb","F","Gm","Cm","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"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]},"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]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}