Leonard Cohen

Iodine

Leonard Cohen


Tom: Dm

F        F        A7        A7
       Dm        Dm        Gm        C7 

   F         A7                Dm
I needed you, I knew I was in danger
    F            A7                 Dm
Of losing what I used to think was mine
Bb          F      Bb             F
You let me love you till I was a failure
Bb          F      Bb             F
You let me love you till I was a failure
    A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
Your beauty on my bruise like iodine

  F               A7                  Dm
I asked you if a man could be forgiven
   F                    A7                 Dm
And though I failed at love, was this a crime?
Bb                  F   Bb               F
You said, Don't worry, don't worry, darling
Bb                F     Bb                F
You said, Don't worry, don't you worry, darling
    A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
There are many ways a man can serve his time

    F               A7                     Dm
You covered up that place I could not master
  D               A7                 Dm
It wasn't dark enough to shut my eyes
Bb             F    Bb              F
So I was with you, O sweet compassion
Bb             F     Bb              F
Yes I was with you, O sweet compassion
    A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
Compassion with the sting of iodine
    A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
Your saintly kisses reeked of iodine
    A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
Your fragrance with a fume of iodine
    A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
And pity in the room like iodine
      A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
Your sister fingers burned like iodine
    A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
And all my wanton lust was iodine
    A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
My masquerade of trust was iodine
    A                     Dm  C#  C  B     Gm F#  F E
And everywhere the flare of iodine