Tuning:EADGBe
Bm A D G A D G
e|----------------------------------|
B|-3-2-3-5--------------------------|
G|---------2----2-0------------0----|
D|------------------4-2-4-0---------|
A|-------------------------------2--|
E|----------------------------------|
D
I'd love to speak with Leonard
Em
He's a sportsman and a shepherd
G D
He's a lazy bastard living in a suit
D
But he does say what I tell him
Em
Even though it isn't welcome
G D A/C#
He just doesn't have the freedom to refuse
Bm
He will speak these words of wisdom
A F#
Like a sage, a man of vision
Bm E
Though he knows he's really nothing
G E/G# A
But the brief elaboration of a tune
D Em
Going home without my sorrow
C G
Going home sometime tomorrow
C G Bm A
Going home to where it's better than before
D Em
Going home without my burden
C G
Going home behind the curtain
C G Bm A
Going home without the costume that I wore
Bm A D G A D G
e|----------------------------------|
B|-3-2-3-5--------------------------|
G|---------2----2-0------------0----|
D|------------------4-2-4-0---------|
A|-------------------------------2--|
E|----------------------------------|
D
He wants to write a love song
Em
An anthem of forgiving
G D A
A manual for living with defeat
D
A cry above the suffering
C Em
A sacrifice recovering
G D A
But that isn't what I need him to complete
Bm D
I want him to be certain
A F#
That he doesn't have a burden
Bm E
That he doesn't need a vision
G E
That he only has permission
A F#
To do my instant bidding
Bm E A
Which is to say what I have told him to repeat
D Em
Going home without my sorrow
C G
Going home sometime tomorrow
C G Bm A
Going home to where it's better than before
D Em
Going home without my burden
C G
Going home behind the curtain
C G Bm A
Going home without the costume that I wore
Bm A D G A D G
e|----------------------------------|
B|-3-2-3-5--------------------------|
G|---------2----2-0------------0----|
D|------------------4-2-4-0---------|
A|-------------------------------2--|
E|----------------------------------|
D Em
I'm going home without my sorrow
C G
Going home sometime tomorrow
C G Bm A
Going home to where it's better than before
D Em
Going home without my burden
C G
Going home behind the curtain
C G Bm A
Going home without the costume that I wore
Bm A D G A D G
e|----------------------------------|
B|-3-2-3-5--------------------------|
G|---------2----2-0------------0----|
D|------------------4-2-4-0---------|
A|-------------------------------2--|
E|----------------------------------|
[No chords for two measures, strum chords only once on outro.]
D
I'd love to speak with Leonard
Em
He's a sportsman and a shepherd
G
He's a lazy bastard
D
Living in a suitGoing Home chords and lyrics
Free chords for Going Home by Leonard Cohen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
Tuning:EADGBe [No chords for two measures, strum chords only once on outro.]
Going Home Chords by Leonard Cohen
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