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The Window

Leonard Cohen
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
A
e ---------------------------------------|
B --------2-----2-----------2-----2------|
G --------2-----2-----------2-----2------|
D -----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|
A --0-----------------0------------------|
E ---------------------------------------|
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

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