Is This What You Wanted

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Is This What You Wanted - Leonard Cohen
[Verse 1]
D
You were the promise at dawn,
G D
I was the morning after.
D
You were Jesus Christ my Lord,
G D
I was the money lender.
G
You were the sensitive woman,
D
I was the very reverend Freud.
G
You were the manual orgasm,
D A
I was the dirty little boy.
[Chorus]
Bm
And is this what you wanted
C Bm
to live in a house that is haunted
A D
by the ghost of you and me?
Bm
And is this what you wanted
C Bm
to live in a house that is haunted
A D
by the ghost of you and me?
[Verse 2]
D
You were Marlon Brando
G D
I was Steve Mcqueen
D
You were K.Y. jelly
G D
I was Vaseline
G
You were the father of modern medicine
D
I was Mr. Clean
G
You where the whore and the beast of Babylon
D A
I was Rin-Tin-Tin
[Chorus]
Bm
And is this what you wanted
C Bm
to live in a house that is haunted
A D
by the ghost of you and me?
Bm
And is this what you wanted
C Bm
to live in a house that is haunted
A D
by the ghost of you and me?
[Verse 3]
D
You got old and wrinkled
G D
I stayed seventeen
D
You lusted after so many
G D
I lay here with one
G
You defied your solitude
D
I came through alone
G
You said you could never love me
D A
I undid your gown
[Chorus]
Bm
And is this what you wanted
C Bm
to live in a house that is haunted
A D
by the ghost of you and me?
Bm
And is this what you wanted
C Bm
to live in a house that is haunted
A D
by the ghost of you and me?
[Outro]
Bm
I mean is this what you wanted...
C Bm
to live in a house that is haunted
A D
by the ghost of you and me?
Bm
That's right, is this what you wanted...
C Bm
to live in a house that is haunted
(fade)

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Is This What You Wanted -  Leonard Cohen
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
(fade)

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