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I Tried To Leave You

Leonard Cohen

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From:   T Dymarz [tdymarz@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca]
Sent:   Saturday, December 27, 1997 8:42 PM

Leonard Cohen - "I tried to leave you" - New skin for the old ceremony
tabbed by Tullia Dymarz, tdymarz@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca

Instructions: play from the begining to the double bar line four times,
however the fourth time play only to the # and skip to after the double
bar line. For the next verses substitute the $ for the *.

                     1,2,3     4,
4x*                 #-----|| 4x 4x 4x 4x 4x---------------------|                  $
e--|----------------|-----||-----2--0--0--3-----2-----------|---|
b--|-0----0----0----|3----||--3--3--2--1--0-----4--0--------|---|
g--|-0/1--0/1--0/1--|-----||-----2--2--2--0-----4----2-0----|---|
d--|2----2----2----2|--4--||-----0-----------------------4-0|2--|
a--|----------------|2----||--2-----0--3----0-1-2-----------|---|
e-0|----------------|---2-||--------------3-----------------|0--|

         I Tried To Leave You

I tried to leave you, I don't deny
I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times.
I'd wake up every morning by your side.

The years go by, you lose your pride.
The baby's crying, so you do not go outside,
and all your work it's right before your eyes.

Goodnight, my darling, I hope you're satisfied,
the bed is kind of narrow, but my arms are open wide.
And here's a man still working for your smile.