By the Rivers Dark Leonard Cohen
Intro
[Fm] [Eb] [Fm]
[Dbmaj7] [Eb] [Fm]
[Fm]By the rivers dark
I w[Eb]andered [Fm]on
[Dbmaj7]I lived my life
[Eb]In B[Fm]abylon
And I did forget
My holy song:
And I had no strength
In Babylon
[Ab]By the rivers d[Bb6]ark
Where I could not s[Fm]ee
[Db]Who was waiting th[Eb]ere
Who was hunting m[Fm]e
And he cut my lip
And he cut my heart
So I could not drink
From the rivers dark
And he covered me
And I saw within
My lawless heart
And my wedding ring
I did not know
And I could not see
Who was waiting there
Who was hunting me
By the rivers dark
I panicked on
I belong at last
To Babylon
Then he struck my heart
With a deadly force
And he said, "This heart:
It is not yours"
And he g[Db]ave the w[Eb]ind
[Fm]My wedding ring
And he c[Db]ircled [Eb/Db]us
With [Bbm7]everyt[C]hin[C7]g
By the rivers dark
In a wounded dawn
I live my life
In Babylon
Though I take my song
From a withered limb
Both song and tree
They sing for him
Be the truth unsaid
And the blessing gone
If I forget
My Babylon
I did not know
And I could not see
Who was waiting there
Who was hunting me
By the rivers dark
Where it all goes on:
By the rivers dark
In Babylon
Guitarist friendly version
Capo 1st fret
Chords:
Cmaj7: x32000 or x35453
A6: x02222
D/C: x3x232
Intro
[Em] [D] [Em]
[Cmaj7] [D] [Em]
[Em]By the rivers dark
I w[D]andered [Em]on
[Cmaj7]I lived my life
[D]In B[Em]abylon
[G]By the rivers d[A6]ark
Where I could not s[Em]ee
[C]Who was waiting th[D]ere
Who was hunting m[Em]e
And he g[C]ave the w[D]ind
[Em]My wedding ring
And he c[C]ircled [D/C]us
With [Am7]every[B]thi[B7]ng
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