First We Take Manhattan

{title: First We Take Manhattan}
{subtitle: Leonard Cohen}
{key: Am}
{comment: From I'm Your Man - 1988}

{ci: Verse 1}
[Dm]They sentenced me to twenty years of [Am]boredom
[Dm]For trying to change the system from [Am]within
[Dm]I'm coming now I'm coming to re[Am]ward them
[G]First we take [F]Manhattan [E]then we take [Am]Berlin

{ci: Verse 2}
[Dm]I'm guided by a signal in the [Am]heavens
[Dm]I'm guided by this birthmark on my [Am]skin
[Dm]I'm guided by the beauty of our [Am]weapons
[G]First we take [F]Manhattan [E]then we take [Am]Berlin

{ci: Bridge}
[C]I'd really like to live beside you [G]baby [F]
[C]I love your body and your spirit and your [Am]clothes
[C]But you see that line there moving through the [Am]station
[G]I told you [F]I told you [E]I told you I was one of [Am]those

{ci: Verse 3}
[Dm]You loved me as a loser but now you're worried that I just might [Am]win
[Dm]You know the way to stop me but you don't have the [Am]discipline
[Dm]How many nights I prayed for this to let my work be[Am]gin
[G]First we take [F]Manhattan [E]then we take [Am]Berlin

{ci: Verse 4}
[Dm]I don't like your fashion business [Am]mister
[Dm]I don't like these drugs that keep you [Am]thin
[Dm]I don't like what happened to your [Am]sister
[G]First we take [F]Manhattan [E]then we take [Am]Berlin

{ci: Verse 5}
[Dm]And I thank you for those items that you sent [Am]me
[Dm]The monkey and the plywood [Am]violin
[Dm]I practiced every night and now I'm [Am]ready
[G]First we take [F]Manhattan [E]then we take [Am]Berlin

{ci: Verse 6}
[Dm]Remember me I used to live for [Am]music
[Dm]Remember me I brought your groceries [Am]in
[Dm]It's Father's Day and everybody's [Am]wounded
[G]First we take [F]Manhattan [E]then we take [Am]Berlin