Sing Another Song Boys

Leonard Cohen

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  • Asus4
  • Bm
  • C#m
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  • E
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E: 022100 D: xx0232 C#m: x46654 F#m *: x44675
F#m: 244222 "Let's sing another song, boys, this one has grown old and bitter..."
Intro: A
A E A Asus4 A Ah his fingernails, I see they're broken
D A Asus4 A His ships, they're all on fire
Bm The moneylender's lovely little daughter
A Asus4 A Ah, she's eaten, she's eaten with desire
C#m F#m * She spies him through the glasses
C#m D A Asus4 A From the pawnshops of her wicked father
C#m F#m * She hails him with a microphone
C#m D A Asus4 A That some poor singer, just like me, had to leave her
Bm A Asus4 A She tempts him with a clarinet
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F#m E She waves a Nazi dagger
A E A Asus4 A She finds him lying in a heap
E A Asus4 A She wants to be his woman
D He says, "Yes, I just might go to sleep
A Asus4 A But kindly leave, leave the future, leave it open."
Bm He stands where it is steep
A Asus4 A Oh I guess he thinks that he's the very first one
C#m F#m * His hand upon his leather belt now
C#m D A Asus4 A Like it was the wheel of some big ocean liner
C#m F#m * And she will learn to touch herself so well
C#m D A Asus4 A As all the sails burn down like paper
Bm A Asus4 A And he has lit the chain
F#m E Of his famous cigarillo
A E A Asus4 A Ah, they'll never, they'll never ever reach the moon
E A Asus4 A At least not the one that we're after
Bm It's floating broken on the open sea, look out there, my friends
A And it carries no survivors
C#m F#m * But let's leave these lovers wondering
C#m D A Asus4 A Why they cannot have each other
C#m F#m * And let's sing another song, boys
C#m D A Asus4 A This one has grown old and bitter
Bm La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
A La, la, la, la, la, la,...
Bm La, la, la...
A La...
Bm ...
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