The Window
Leonard CohenVersion1
90
Chords in this song
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Why do you stand by the window
Abandoned to beauty and pride
The thorn of the night in your bosern
The spear of the age in you side
Lost in the rages of fragrance
Lost in the rags of remorse
Lost in the waves of a sickness
That loosens the high silver nerves
O chosen love, O frozen love
O tangle of matter and ghost
O darling of angels, demons and saints
And the whole broken-hearted host
Gentle this soul
And come forth from your cloud of unknowing
kiss the cheek of the moon
The new Jerusalem glowing
Why tarry all night in this ruin
And leave no word of discomfort
Or leave no observer to mourn
But climb on your tears and be silent
Like the rose on its ladder of thorn
Then lay your rose on the fire
The fire give up to the sun
The sun give over to splendor
In the arms of the High Holy One
For The Holy One dreams of a letter
And he Dreams of a letter's death
Oh bless the continuous stutter
Of the word being made into flesh
MfG Tobi
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Readable chord sheet for The Window by Leonard Cohen
[A] e ---------------------------------------| B --------2-----2-----------2-----2------| G --------2-----2-----------2-----2------| D -----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---| A --0-----------------0------------------| E ---------------------------------------| [A]Why do you stand by the [E]window [D]Abandoned to beauty and [A]pride [A]The thorn of the night in your [E]bosern [D]The spear of the age in you [A]side [A]Lost in the rages of [E]fragrance [D]Lost in the rags of [A]remorse [A]Lost in the waves of a [E]sickness [D]That loosens the high silver [A]nerves [E]O chosen love, O frozen love [D]O tangle of matter and [A]ghost [E]O darling of angels, demons and saints [D]And the whole broken-hearted [A]host [A]Gentle this [E]soul And come forth from your cloud of unknowing kiss the cheek of the moon The new Jerusalem glowing Why tarry all night in this ruin And leave no word of discomfort Or leave no observer to mourn But climb on your tears and be silent Like the rose on its ladder of thorn Then lay your rose on the fire The fire give up to the sun The sun give over to splendor In the arms of the High Holy One For The Holy One dreams of a letter And he Dreams of a letter's death Oh bless the continuous stutter Of the word being made into flesh MfG Tobi