The Smokey Life

Leonard Cohen

  • A
  • A/E
  • A/G
  • B
  • B7
  • Bm/E
  • Bm7
  • C
  • C#
    4
  • C#m7
    4
  • D
  • Dm7
    5
  • E
  • E/D
  • E7
  • E7/G#
  • Em
  • F#m
  • F#m/E
  • F#m7
  • F13
  • G#dim
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Key:
A/G 3x2220
F#m7 242222
F13 131231 G#dim xx0101 or 456464
E7/G# 420100 E/D xx0100 or xx0454 [Intro]
A A/G F#m7 F13
A A/G F#m7 F13
E E F#m/E E7 A/E Bm/E E [Verse]
A A/G F#m7 F13 I've never seen your eyes so wide
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em I've never seen your appetite quite this occupied
D Dm7 A G#dim A E7/G# A E7/G# Elsewhere is your feast of love, I know
A A/G F#m7 F13 Long ago we agreed to keep it light
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em So let's be married one more night [Chorus]
D Dm7 A E7/G# It's light, light enough
A E7/G# A E7/G# To let it go
D Dm7 A G#dim It's light enough
A Bm7 C To let it go [Post-Chorus]
C# F#m B7 F#m B7 Remember when the scenery started fading
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C# F#m B7 F#m B7 I held you 'til you learned to walk on air
D E/D So don't look down, the ground is gone
C#m7 F#m There's no one waving anyway
B Bm7 E The smokey life is practiced everywhere [Verse]
A A/G F#m7 F13 So set your restless heart at ease
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em Take a lesson from these autumn leaves
D Dm7 A G#dim A E7/G# A E7/G# They waste no time waiting for the snow
A A/G F#m7 F13 Don't argue now or you'll be late
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em There's nothing to investigate [Chorus]
D Dm7 A E7/G# It's light, light enough
A E7/G# A E7/G# To let it go
D Dm7 A G#dim It's light enough
A Bm7 C To let it go [Post-Chorus]
C# F#m B7 F#m B7 Remember when the scenery started fading
C# F#m B7 F#m B7 I held you 'til you learned to walk on air
D E/D So don't look down, the ground is gone
C#m7 F#m There's no one waving anyway
B Bm7 E The smokey life is practiced everywhere [Verse]
A A/G F#m7 F13 Come on back if the moment lends
A A/G F#m7 F13 Em You can look up all my very closest friends [Final Chorus]
D Dm7 A E7/G# Light, light enough
A E7/G# A E7/G# To let it go
D Dm7 A G#dim It's light enough
A A/G F#m7 F13 A To let it go
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Chords in the intro can be played like this:
A A/G F#m7 F13 | . | . | . | .
E|--0-----------0-----------2-----------1-----------| B|--2-----------2-----------2-----------3-----------| G|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--0-----------------------------------------------| E|--------------3-----------2-----------1-----------| (2x)
E E F#m/E E7 A/E Bm/E E | . | . | . | .
E|--0-----------4-----5-----7-----9-----10----12----| B|--0-----------5-----7-----9-----10----12----12----| G|--1-----------4-----6-----7-----9-----11----13----| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
Song details

Composition: Leonard Cohen

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