So Long, Marianne

Leonard Cohen

Come over to the window, my little darling,
 I'd like to try to read your palm.
 I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy,
Emi  D  -  D7
 before I let you take me home
          G                 - Emi
Now so long Marianne it's time that we began
      D             D7         D          D7  G  -  C-G-C-G
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

Well, you know that I love to live with you,
 but you make me forget so very much.
 I forget to pray for the angels,
                      Emi  D  -  D7
and then the angels forget to pray for us.

We met when we were almost young,
 deep in the green lilac park.
Emi  D  -  D7
 as we went kneeling through the dark.

Your letters they all say that you're beside me now,
 then why do I feel alone?
 I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
    Emi  D  -  D7
is fastening my ankle to a stone.
         G                - Emi
Now so long Marianne it's time we began
      D             D7         D          D7  G  -  C-G-C-G
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

For now I need your hidden love,
 I'm cold as a new razor blade.
 You left when I told you I was curious,
Emi                             D  -  D7
 I never said that I was brave. 

Oh, you are really such a pretty one,
 I see you've gone and changed your name again.
 And just when I climbed this whole mountainside
 to wash my e...yelids in the rain.