Lady Midnight

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Lady Midnight
Booklet Greatest Hits:
"This was finished in the Henry Hudson Hotel on 58th Street in New York.
Yafa was doing tricks with her silver bangles. I owe her the last verse.
It was recorded in Nashville. The voice is uncertain. In those days it
took me fifteen minutes to decide whether or not I should wear my cap
when I went outside and a half hour whether or not I should take it off
when I came back."
G G7 F C
I came by my-self to a very crowded place;
G G7 F C
I was looking for someone who had lines in her face.
C7 F F
I found her there but she was past all con-cern;
C F Em Dm Dm
I asked her to hold me, said, "Lady, un-fold me,"
Em7 C F
but she scorned me and she told me
G G7 C
I was dead and I could never re-turn.
Well, I argued all night like so many have before,
saying, "Whatever you give me, I seem to need so much more."
Then she pointed at me where I kneeled on her floor,
she said, "Don't try to use me or slyly refuse me,
just win me or lose me,
it is this that the darkness is for."
I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old,
the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold."
"If we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored."
So I walked through the morning, sweet early morning,
I could hear my lady calling,
F G G7 C
"You've won me, you've won me, my lord,
G G7 C
you've won me, you've won me, my lord,
C G G7 C
yes, you've won me, you've won me, my lord,
C G G7 C
ah, you've won me, you've won me, my lord,
C G G7 C
ah, you've won me, you've won me, my lord."

Lady Midnight chords and lyrics

Free chords for Lady Midnight by Leonard Cohen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Lady Midnight
Booklet Greatest Hits:
"This was finished in the Henry Hudson Hotel on 58th Street in New York.
Yafa was doing tricks with her silver bangles. I owe her the last verse.
It was recorded in Nashville. The voice is uncertain. In those days it
took me fifteen minutes to decide whether or not I should wear my cap
when I went outside and a half hour whether or not I should take it off
when I came back."
Well, I argued all night like so many have before,
saying, "Whatever you give me, I seem to need so much more."
Then she pointed at me where I kneeled on her floor,
she said, "Don't try to use me or slyly refuse me,
just win me or lose me,
it is this that the darkness is for."
I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old,
the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold."
"If we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored."
So I walked through the morning, sweet early morning,
I could hear my lady calling,

Lady Midnight Chords by Leonard Cohen

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