Biography:
Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and romantic relationships. Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.
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Other songs:
- Ain't No Cure For Love
- Aleluya
- Bird On A Wire
- Bird On The Wire
- Blessed Is The Memory
- Chelsea Hotel
- Chelsea Hotel #2
- Chelsea Hotel No 2
- Chelsea Hotel No. 2
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Diamonds In The Mine
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Hallelujah
- Halluejah
- Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye
- Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
- Last Years Man
- Passing Through
- Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
- Shrek - Aleluya (hallelujah)
- Slow
- Suzanne
- The Partisan
- If It Be Your Will
- So Long Marianne
- A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
- A Singer Must Die
- A Thousand Kisses Deep
- A Veterans Hallelujah
- Aint No Cure For Love
- Alexandra Leaving
- Almost Like The Blues
- Always
- Amen
- Anthem
- Avalanche
- Ballad Of The Absent Mare
- Banjo
- Boogie Street
- Born In Chains
- Chelsea Hotel 2
- Closing Time
- Come Healing
- Coming Back To You
- Crazy To Love You
- Death Of A Ladies Man
- Democracy
- Did I Ever Love You
- Dont Go Home With Your Hard
- Dress Rehearsal Rag
- Everybody Knows
- Field Commander Cohen
- First We Take Manhattan
- Going Home
- Heart With No Companion
- Hey Thats No Way
- Hey Thats No Way To Say Goodbye
- I Was Never Any Good At Loving You
- If I Didnt Have Your Love
- Im Your Man
- In My Secret Life
- Iodine
- Is This What You Wanted
- It Seemed The Better Way
- Joan Of Arc
- Lady Midnight
- Land Of Plenty
- Leaving Green Sleeves
- Leaving The Table
- Love Calls You By Your Name
- Lover Lover Lover
- Master Song
- Memories
- My Oh My
- Nevermind
- Night Comes On
- No Way To Say Goodbye
- On The Level
- One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
- Paper Thin Hotel
- Samson In New Orleans
- Seems So Long Ago
- Seems So Long Ago Nancy
- Show Me The Place
- Sing Another Song Boys
- Sisters Of Mercy
- Song Of Bernadette
- Songs From A Room
- Songs Of Leonard Cohen
- Steer Your Way
- Store Room
- Stories Of The Street
- Story Of Isaac
- Stranger Song
- Take This Longing
- Take This Waltz
- Teachers
- Tennessee Waltz
- That Dont Make It Junk
- The Butcher
- The Captain
- The Darkness
- The Future
- The Guests
- The Gypsy Wife
- The Old Revolution
- The Smokey Life
- The Stranger Song
- The Traitor
- The Window
- There Is War
- Theres No Reason Why You Should
- Tonight Will Be Fine
- Tower Of Song
- Treaty
- True Love Leaves No Traces
- Waiting For The Miracle
- Who By Fire
- Why Dont You Try
- Winter Lady
- You Got Me Singing
- You Have Loved Enough
- You Know Who I Am
- You Want It Darker
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NOTES:
* capo instrument at 1st fret
* all verses similar to 1st verse in chord structure
Introduction: Am /G
[Verse 1]
C
The birds they sang
at the break of day
G
Start again
C C7
I heard them say
E7
Don't dwell on what
Am
has passed away
G Gsus4 G5 G7 G
or what is yet to be.
The wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.
[Chorus]
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering.
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
Dm G Gsus4 G
That's how the light gets in.
[Verse 2]
We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
the widowhood
of every government -
signs for all to see.
Can't run no more
with the lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned up
A thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.
[Chorus]
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering.
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
Dm G Gsus4 G
That's how the light gets in.
[Verse 3]
You can add up the parts
but you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.
[Chorus]
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering.
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
Dm G Gsus4 G
That's how the light gets in.
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering.
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
Dm G Gsus4 G
That's how the light gets in.
that's how the light gets in
that's how the light gets in
[Outro] C G C C7 E7 Am G Gsus4 G5 G7 G
* capo instrument at 1st fret
* all verses similar to 1st verse in chord structure
Introduction: Am /G
[Verse 1]
C
The birds they sang
at the break of day
G
Start again
C C7
I heard them say
E7
Don't dwell on what
Am
has passed away
G Gsus4 G5 G7 G
or what is yet to be.
The wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.
[Chorus]
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering.
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
Dm G Gsus4 G
That's how the light gets in.
[Verse 2]
We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
the widowhood
of every government -
signs for all to see.
Can't run no more
with the lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned up
A thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.
[Chorus]
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering.
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
Dm G Gsus4 G
That's how the light gets in.
[Verse 3]
You can add up the parts
but you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.
[Chorus]
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering.
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
Dm G Gsus4 G
That's how the light gets in.
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering.
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
Dm G Gsus4 G
That's how the light gets in.
that's how the light gets in
that's how the light gets in
[Outro] C G C C7 E7 Am G Gsus4 G5 G7 G
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