First We Take Manhattan - Digitally Remastered — Jennifer Warnes

Chords and lyrics for First We Take Manhattan - Digitally Remastered by Jennifer Warnes (key of Cm).

Verse 1

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

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

Chorus

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

Outro

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