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Take This Longing

Leonard Cohen

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From: cpage@pandora.resnet.upenn.edu (Carter Page)

[ Article crossposted from alt.music.leonard-cohen ]
[ Author was Adi Heindl t4010 ]

There are not many tabs out for Leonard Cohen songs, execpt
from his two albums Songs of L.C. and Songs from a room.  So
i'm interested in the way other people play his songs on the
guitar.  Perhaps You are also interested and we can put our
information together to work out some new tabs.  Here is a
first proposal of "Take This Longing".  The chords are from
his anthology songbook. Feel free to critize the lines and
tell what can be done better.  Is this group the right place
for such stuff or should i better stay at home?  Thank You
very much for reading these lines and for any answer.

Leonard Cohen: Take This Longing  6/8
               on New Skin for the old Ceremony and Greatest Hits/Best of

   C
   1  +  2  +  3  +     4  +  5  +  6  +  ...
e:-------0-----0--------------0-----0----|-------0-----0-------------|
B:----1-----1-----1--------1-----1-----1-|----1-----1-----1-----1--1-|
G:-------0-----0--------------0-----0----|-------0-----0-------------|
D:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
A:-3--------------------3----------------|-3-----------------3-------|
E:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|

    Bb                                    F
e:||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B:||-3-----------------------------3----|-1----------------------------------|
G:||-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-------2-----2-----------2-----2----|
D:||----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
A:||-1-----------------1----------------|------------------------------------|
E:||------------------------------------|-1-----------------1----------------|
1.          Many    men have loved the   bells                        you
2.          Your  body like a search-    light                         my
3.          You're hungry as an arch-    way                       through
4.         You're faithful to the better man                      I'm af-
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   Bb                                   F
e:------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B:-3-----------------------------3----|-1------------------------------1----|
G:-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-------2-----2------------2----------|
D:----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3------3-----3-----3-|
A:-1-----------------1----------------|-------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-1------------------1----------------|
   fastened                 to  the     reign
   pover-                   ty  re-     vealed
   which               the troops have  passed
   raid                     that he     left
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  Dm                                    Gm
e:-------------------------1----1-----|------------------------------------|
B:-------3-----3--------3-----3-----3-|-------------------------3-----3----|
G:----2-----2-----2-------------------|-------3-----5--------3-----3-----3-|
D:-0-----------------0----------------|----5-----5-----5-------------------|
A:------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-3-----------------3----------------|
      And ev'ry-one               who   wanted you                    they
      I would like to try        your   charity                         un-
      I stand in ruins           be-    hind you           with your winter
      So let me           judge  your   love affair           In this very
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   Dm                                   C(1 2 3)   Dm(4 5 6)
e:----------1-----------------1-------|------------1------|
B:-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-1----------3------|
G:----2-----------2-----2-----------2-|-0----------2------|
D:-0-----------------0----------------|-2----------0------|
A:------------------------------------|-3-----------------|
E:------------------------------------|-------------------|
   found    what  they         will     al-ways   want a-
   til      you cry             now     you must  try my
   clothes                 and your     broken    sandal
   room                where I have     sentenced mine to
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   C
   1 2   3  +   4  5  6   Em/appreggio
e:----------------------|-/0-------------------------------|
B:-1--------------------|-\0-------------------------------|
G:-0------------0-----0-|-/0-------------------------------|
D:-2-----1b(2)-----2----|-\2-------------------------------|
A:-3--------------------|-/2-------------------------------|
E:----------------------|-\0-------------------------------|
   gain                      Your beauty lost to you your-
   greed                     And ey'rything depends up-
   straps                    I love to see you naked over
   death                     I'll even wear these old
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   Am                                   Em
e:------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B:-1-----------------------------1----|-0-----------------------------0----|
G:-------2-----2-----------2----------|-------0-----0-----------0----------|
D:----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
A:-0-----------------0----------------|------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-0-----------------0----------------|
   self                        just     as it was lost                to
   on                          how      near     you sleep            to
   there                       e-       specially                from the
   laurel leaves             That he's  shaken                   from his
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   Am                                   F
e:------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B:-1-----------------------------1----|-------1---1------1-----1----|
G:-------2-----2-----------2----------|-------2---2------2-----2----|
D:----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-------3---3------3-----3----|
A:-0-----------------0----------------|-----------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-1-----------1---------------|
   them                          Oh     take this   long-ing from my
   me                          Just     take this   long-ing from my
   back                          Ah     take this   long-ing from my
   head                        Just     take this   long-ing from my
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   C                    F
e:--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B:----1--1-------1--1-|----------1---1------------1------1---------|
G:----2--2-------2--2-|----------2---2------------2------2---------|
D:----0--0-------0--0-|----------3---3------------3------3---------|
A:-3----------3-------|--------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------|-1------------------1-----------------------|
   tongue        what-  ever    use-less things these hands have
   tongue         and   all the lone-ly  things my hands have
   tongue         and   all the lone-ly  things my hands have
   tongue        what-  ever    use-less things these hands have
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   C                       F
e:-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
B:----1--1---------1--1--|---------1--1------------1----1----|
G:----2--2---------2--2--|---------2--2------------2----2----|
D:----0--0---------0--0--|---------3--3------------3----3----|
A:-3------------3--------|-----------------------------------|
E:-----------------------|-1------------------1--------------|
   done                    Let me see your  beauty brok-en
   done                    Let me see your  beauty brok-en
   done                    Untie for me your hired blue
   done                    Untie for me your satin bra-
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   C                  Em                         F
e:--------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
B:-1------------------|-0--------------------------|-1----------------|
G:-2---------0-----0--|----0--0-------0----0-------|----2--2-----2--2-|
D:-0--1b(2)-----2-----|----2--2-------2----2-------|----3--3-----3--3-|
A:-3------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
E:--------------------|-0--------0-----------------|-1--------1-------|
   down                        like   you would      do
   down                        like   you would      do
   gown                        like   you would      do
   sierre                      like   you would      do
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                         |1.2.3.
   F                      C                   C
e:----------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
B:----1--1------1---1---|----1--1-----1--1--|----1--1-----1--1--||
G:----2--2------2---2---|----2--2-----2--2--|----2--2-----------||
D:----3--3------3---3---|----0--0-----0--0--|----0--0-----------||
A:----------------------|-3--------3--------|-3--------3--------||
E:-1--------1-----------|-------------------|-------------------||
            for one you   loved.
            for one you   love.
            for one you   love.
            for one you
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  |4.
   C                  C                         F
e:------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
B:----1--1-----1--1-|----1--1-------1----1----|----1--1-----1--1--|
G:----2--2-----2--2-|----2--2-------2----2----|----2--2-----2--2--|
D:----0--0-----0--0-|----0--0-------0----0----|----3--3-----3--3--|
A:-3--------3-------|-3--------3--------------|-------------------|
E:------------------|-------------------------|-1--------1--------|
   love                        like you  would  do

   F                      C
e:----------------------|-------||
B:----1--1-------1----1-|-1-----||
G:----2--2-------2----2-|-0-----||
D:----3--3-------3----3-|-2-----||
A:----------------------|-3-----||
E:-1--------1-----------|-------||
            for  one you  love.


Has anybody out there tried to play "Death of a Ladies' Man"
or "Dance me to the end of Love"?. If yes, please post it!

with best wishes

adi