Amanda Shires

A Song For Leonard Cohen

Amanda Shires


Tom: F#m

A F#m Bm D E

[Verse]
A           F#m     Bm         E
I wish that I could buy you a drink
A        F#m            Bm   E
And then more and then five
A           F#m            Bm     E
I'd get you drunk and I'd get me outgoing
A   F#m                 Bm      E
Or weaker just this one night
    D          E         C#      F#m
And then maybe we could go for a walk
     D         E               A    F#m Bm E A F#m Bm E
And I'll just listen while you talk

A   F#m        Bm
My imagination slips
                    E
And then I have you taken
A        F#m              Bm       E
Meet at Barcelona for the weekend
 A               F#m
You describe the night
     Bm                E
Phil Spector with his revolver
A          F#m        Bm    E
Served his ceremonial wine

[Chorus]
     D       E
We'd compare mythologies
    C#                             F#m
And toast those friends that never believed
          D          E            A
That our voice never had much to offer
    D          E        C#       F#m
And then maybe we could go for a walk
    D         E               A      F#m  Bm  E A F#m Bm E
And I'd just listen while you talk

[Verse]
A           F#m      Bm        E
I wish that I could buy you a drink
 A       F#m            Bm   E
And then more and then five
A                 F#m
At the end of the night
    Bm                     E
I'd conveniently misplace my wallet
A          F#m                  Bm    E
And you'd wind up buying all of mine

[Chorus]
     D       E
We'd compare mythologies
    C#                             F#m
And toast those friends that never believed
          D          E            A
That our voice never had much to offer
    D          E        C#       F#m
And then maybe we could go for a walk
    D         E               A      F#m  Bm  E A F#m Bm E
And I'd just listen while you talk

[Verse]
A                   F#m
You'd point to the harbour
Bm                    E
The moonlight against the water
A           F#m               Bm  E
The little boats against the dock
    D            E
And through the dark
            C#              F#m
Our shadows then would get along
    D         E               A
And I'd just listen while we walk
    D            C#
And through the dark our shadows
 A              F#m
Then might get along
    D          E               A   F#m Bm E A F#m B E A
And I'd just listen while you talk