{"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":64982,"song":"Lady Midnight","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64982-lady-midnight-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64982?type=chord","rating":4.62261,"votes":46,"content":"Lady Midnight\r\n\r\nBooklet Greatest Hits:\r\n\r\n\"This was finished in the Henry Hudson Hotel on 58th Street in New York.\r\nYafa was doing tricks with her silver bangles. I owe her the last verse.\r\nIt was recorded in Nashville. The voice is uncertain. In those days it\r\ntook me fifteen minutes to decide whether or not I should wear my cap\r\nwhen I went outside and a half hour whether or not I should take it off\r\nwhen I came back.\"\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI came by my-self to a very crowded place;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I was looking for someone who had lines in her face.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI found her there   but she was past all con-cern;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI asked her to hold me,     said, \"Lady, un-fold me,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbut she scorned me and she told me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was dead  and I could never re-turn.[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell, I argued all night like so many have before,\r\nsaying, \"Whatever you give me, I seem to need so much more.\"\r\nThen she pointed at me where I kneeled on her floor,\r\nshe said, \"Don't try to use me or slyly refuse me,\r\njust win me or lose me,\r\nit is this that the darkness is for.\"\r\n\r\nI cried, \"Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old,\r\nthe stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold.\"\r\n\"If we cry now,\" she said, \"it will just be ignored.\"\r\nSo I walked through the morning, sweet early morning,\r\nI could hear my lady calling,\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"You've won me, you've won me, my lord,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  you've won me, you've won me, my lord,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  yes, you've won me, you've won me, my lord,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  ah, you've won me, you've won me, my lord,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  ah, you've won me, you've won me, my lord.\"[/tab]","plain_text":"Lady Midnight\n\nBooklet Greatest Hits:\n\n\"This was finished in the Henry Hudson Hotel on 58th Street in New York.\nYafa was doing tricks with her silver bangles. I owe her the last verse.\nIt was recorded in Nashville. The voice is uncertain. In those days it\ntook me fifteen minutes to decide whether or not I should wear my cap\nwhen I went outside and a half hour whether or not I should take it off\nwhen I came back.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWell, I argued all night like so many have before,\nsaying, \"Whatever you give me, I seem to need so much more.\"\nThen she pointed at me where I kneeled on her floor,\nshe said, \"Don't try to use me or slyly refuse me,\njust win me or lose me,\nit is this that the darkness is for.\"\n\nI cried, \"Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old,\nthe stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold.\"\n\"If we cry now,\" she said, \"it will just be ignored.\"\nSo I walked through the morning, sweet early morning,\nI could hear my lady calling,","chords":["G","G7","F","C","C7","Em","Dm","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}