Alexandra Leaving

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Leonard Cohen – Alexandra Leaving
F Dm
Suddenly the night has grown colder.
C Bb C F
The god of love preparing to depart.
Dm
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
Bb C F
They slip between the sentries of the heart.
Am7 Bb
Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
Gm C
They gain the light, they formlessly entwine
F Dm
And radiant beyond your widest measure
Bb C F
They fall among the voices and the wine.
Bb C Dm
It's not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
Bb C
A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust
F Dm Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
C F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
F Dm
Even though she sleeps upon your satin
C Bb C F
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
Bb C F
Do not stoop to strategies like this.
Am7 Bb
As someone long prepared for this to happen,
Gm C
Go firmly to the window. Drink it in.
F Dm
Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing.
Bb C F
Your first commitments tangible again.
Bb C Dm
And you who had the honor of her evening,
Bb C
And by the honor had your own restored
F Dm Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
C F
Alexandra leaving with her lord.
Bb C Dm
Even though she sleeps upon your satin
Bb C Dm
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Bb C Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
Bb C
Do not stoop to strategies like this.
F Dm
As someone long prepared for the occasion
C Bb C F
In full command of every plan you wrecked
Dm
Do not choose a coward's explanation
Bb C F
that hides behind the cause and the effect.
Bb C Dm
And you who were bewildered by a meaning
Bb C
Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed
F Dm Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
C F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
Dm Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
C F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

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Leonard Cohen – Alexandra Leaving

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