Am           Dm
E|-----0---0--|-----1---1---|
B|-----1---1--|-----3---3---|
G|---2---2---2|---2---2---2-|
D|------------|-0-----------|
A|-0----------|-------------|
E|------------|-------------|


[Intro]
C

[Verse 1]
C                                   G              Bb       
  Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy.
F                           
  Wounded in the line of duty,
Dm                        C            Gm           
   parachuting acid into    diplomatic cocktail parties,
Bb                        F                 Cm        
  urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles.
          Bb              Dm
  Leave it all and like a man,
     Bb              Dm
come back to nothing special,
        Am*               Am*
such as waiting rooms and ticket lines,
Dm*             Am*
 silver bullet suicides,
Dm*             Am*
and messianic ocean tides,
Dm*                Am*
and racial roller-coaster rides
      Bb*                       A*
and other forms of boredom advertised as poetry.

E  E  E  E
(just the bottom note)

[Chorus]
Bm                       D
   I know you need your sleep now,
                          A
   I know your life's been hard.
Bm                   D
   But many men are falling,
            A
where you promised to stand guard.

[Verse 2]
  C                                        G                  Bb       
I never asked but I heard you cast your lot along with the poor.
F                               
  But then I overheard your prayer,
Dm                                
  that you be this and nothing more
C                         Gm               Bb               
  than just some grateful faithful woman's    favourite singing
         
millionaire,
    F               Cm               Bb            Dm
the patron Saint of envy     and the grocer of despair,
E                       A
working for the Yankee Dollar.

E E E E

[Chorus]
Bm                       D
   I know you need your sleep now,
                          A
   I know your life's been hard.
Bm                   D
   But many men are falling,
            A
where you promised to stand guard.

[Verse 3]
C                                      G                Bb 
 Ah, lover come and lie with me, if my lover is who you are,
F                                 Dm               
 and be your sweetest self awhile  until I ask for more, my child.
C                   Gm               Bb              
 Then let the other selves be wrong,  yeah, let them manifest and come
F                    Cm         
 till every taste is on the tongue,
Bb                        Dm           
 till love is pierced and love is hung,
Bb                 Dm        
 and every kind of freedom done, then
Am*    F*    Am*    F*   Am*   F*
 oh my love, oh my love, oh my love,...