{"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":64976,"song":"First We Take Manhattan","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64976-first-we-take-manhattan-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64976?type=chord","rating":4.70979,"votes":338,"content":"First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen\r\nspotify:track:6UEzGV76d96lYTA68iBO0B\r\nCapo 8 or transpose +8 to get tone of recording\r\nADVICE: Most easy is Capo on 1 and Transpose Button -5\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] | %  | [ch]Am[/ch] | %  |\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] | %  | [ch]Am[/ch] | %  |\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] | %  | [ch]Am[/ch] | %  |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]  | [ch]E[/ch]  | [ch]E[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey sentenced me to twenty years of boredom[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor trying to change the system from within[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm coming now I'm coming to reward them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm guided by a signal in the heavens[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm guided by this birthmark on my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm guided by the beauty of our weapons[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd really like to live beside you, baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I love your body and your spirit and your clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you see that line there moving through the station[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI told you, I told you, told you I was one of those[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou loved me as a loser but now you're worried that I just might win[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't like your fashion business, mister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't like these drugs that keep you thin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't like what happened to my sister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nI'd really like to live beside you, baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I love your body and your spirit and your clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you see that line there moving through the station[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI told you, I told you, told you I was one of those[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I thank you for those items that you sent me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe monkey and the plywood violin[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI practiced every night now I'm ready[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRemember me, I used to live for music[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRemember me, I brought your groceries in[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n(Repeat and fade out)[/tab]","plain_text":"First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen\nspotify:track:6UEzGV76d96lYTA68iBO0B\nCapo 8 or transpose +8 to get tone of recording\nADVICE: Most easy is Capo on 1 and Transpose Button -5\n\n\n[Intro]\n| Dm | %  | Am | %  |\n| Dm | %  | Am | %  |\n| Dm | %  | Am | %  |\n| G  | F  | E  | E  |\n| Am | Am |\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Dm","Am","G","F","E","C"],"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]},"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]}}}