Leonard Cohen

The Gypsy Wife

Leonard Cohen


Tom: C

     Am           Em               Am
And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
      Am                 Em          Am
I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right
           G                                        F
But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor
        G                             Dm
Whose darkness deepens in her arms a little more

[Chorus]
      F                       C
And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
  F                       C           Cm7  C
Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?

[Verse 2]
     Am           Em               Am
Ah the silver knives are flashing in the tired old cafe
     Am           Em               Am
A ghost climbs on the table in a bridal negligee
           G                                        F
She says "My body is the light, my body is the way"
        G                             Dm
I raise my arm against it all and I catch the bride's bouquet

[Chorus]
      F                       C
And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
  F                       C           Cm7  C
Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
     Am           Em               Am
Too early for the rainbow, too early for the dove
     Am           Em               Am
These are the final days, this is the darkness, this is the flood
           G                                        F
And there is no man or woman who can't be touched
           G                                        Dm
But you who come between them will be judged?

[Chorus]
     F                       C
And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
 F                       C           Cm7  C
Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?