First We Take Manhattan

Leonard Cohen

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First We Take Manhattan

Written by Leonard Cohen

Key: Dm

First We Take Manhattan Key AmAm

First We Take Manhattan Key A#mA#m

First We Take Manhattan Key BmBm

First We Take Manhattan Key CmCm(one step down)

First We Take Manhattan Key C#mC#m(half step down)

First We Take Manhattan Key DmDm(original key)

First We Take Manhattan Key D#mD#m(half step up)

First We Take Manhattan Key EmEm(one step up)

First We Take Manhattan Key FmFm

First We Take Manhattan Key F#mF#m

First We Take Manhattan Key GmGm

First We Take Manhattan Key G#mG#m

	  		        Dm                             Am  
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom  
       Dm                              Am  
For trying to change the system from within.  
       Dm                       Am  
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward   them.  
  G                  F  E                 Am  
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.  

       Dm                        Am  
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens,  
       Dm                         Am  
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin,  
       Dm                         Am  
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons.  
  G                  F  E                 Am  
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.  

    C                                G    F  
I'd really like to live beside you, baby.  
              C                             Am  
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes  
         C                                       Am  
But you see that line there moving through the station?  
    G          F          E                      Am  
I told you, I told you, I told you I was one of those.  

       Dm                              Am  
You loved me as a loser but now you're worried that I just might win.  
     Dm                             Am  
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline.  
     Dm                                Am  
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin. 
  G                  F  E                 Am  
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.  

Dm                                   Am  
I don't like your fashion business, mister.  
Dm                                      Am  
I don't like these drugs that keep you thin.  
Dm                                  Am  
I don't like what happened to your sister.  
  G                  F  E                 Am  
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.  (Chorus)  

       Dm                                Am  
And I thank you for those items that you sent me,  
    Dm                         Am  
The monkey and the plywood violin.  
    Dm                               Am  
I practiced every night and now I'm ready.  
  G                  F  E                 Am  
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.  

   Dm                            Am  
Remember me, I used to live for music.  
   Dm                                  Am  
Remember me, I brought your groceries in.  
       Dm                          Am  
It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded.  
  G                  F  E                 Am  
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

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