First We Take Manhattan

Jennifer Warnes - First We Take Manhattan (Leonard Cohen)
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Jennifer sings an adbridged version of Leonard's song and omits a few verses from the original.


[Intro]
Cm  Gm  Cm  Gm  Cm  Gm  F   Eb  D   Gm

[Verse]
     Cm                              Gm           Cm                               Gm
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom, For trying to change the system from within
    Cm                       Gm           F                 Eb      D                  Gm
I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them, First we take Man-hattan,   then we take Ber-lin
    Cm                        Gm           Cm                             Gm
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens, I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
    Cm                          Gm       F                 Eb      D                  Gm
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons, First we take Man-hattan,   then we take Ber-lin

[Chorus]
    Bb                              F     Eb   F         Bb                            Gm
I'd really like to live beside you, baby,    I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
        Cm                                     Gm       F           Eb          D          
But you see that line there moving through the station, I told you, I told you, I told you 
             Gm
I was one of those

[Outro]
Cm                                 Gm      Cm                                     Gm
I don't like your fashion business mister, I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
Cm                               Gm      F                 Eb      D                  Gm
I don't like what happened to my sister, First we take Man-hattan,   then we take Ber-lin
D                  Gm   D                  Gm
  then we take Ber-lin,   then we take Ber-lin