Alexandra Leaving Leonard Cohen
ALEXANDRA LEAVING - Leonard Cohen
[C]Suddenly the night has grown colder.[Am]
[G]the god of love prepari[F]ng to depart.[G] [C]
[C]Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,[Am]
[F]they slip between the sentries of[F] the heart.[G] [C]
[Em]Upheld by the simpli[F]cities of pleasure
[Dm]they gain the light, they formlessly entwine.[F]
[C]And radiant beyond your widest measure[Am]
[F]they fall among the voices and the w[F]ine.[G] [C]
It's not a trick, [F]your senses all [G]deceiving,[Am]
a fitful dream, th[F]e morning will [Dm]exhaust.[G]
Say goodbye [C] to Alex[G]and[Am]ra l[G]eaving.[F]
then say[Dm] goodbye to Alexandra[G] lost.[C] [F] [C] [F]
[C]Even though she sleeps upon your satin,[Am]
[G]even though she wakes you [F]with a kiss.[G] [C]
[C]Do not say the moment was imagined,[Am]
[G]do not stoop to strategi[F]es lik[G]e this.[C]
[Em]As someone long prepared for this to happen,[F]
[Dm]go firmly to the window, drink it in.[G]
Exquisite music[C], Alexandra laughing,[Am]
[F]your first commitments tangible again[F].[G] [C]
And you who had the h[F]onor of her [G]evening[Am]
and by that honor h[F]ad your o[Dm]wn restored,[G]
say goodbye [C] to Alexandra[G] leav[Am]ing,[G] [F]
A[Dm]lexandra leav[G]ing with her lord. [C]
[C]As someone long prepared for the occasion,[Am]
[G]in full command of every plan[F] you wre[G]cked,[C]
[C]do not choose a coward's explanation,[Am]
[G]that hides behind the cause and th[F]e effect.[G] [C]
And you who were bewi[F]ldered by a me[G]aning,[Am]
whose code was broken, cru[Dm]cifix uncr[F]ossed,[G]
Say goodbye [C] to Ale[G]xand[Am]ra l[G]eaving.[F]
then say[Dm] goodbye to Alexandra[G] lost.[C]
(Repeat last two lines)
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