Last Years Man

Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: 3rd traste Last Year's Man By Leonard Cohen Tab: Eamonn Bolger Pick the chords as follows: G G e|-----3---3---| |-------3-----| B|-----0---0---| |-----0---0---| G|---0---0---0-| or, if you want: |---0-------0-| D|-------------| |-------------| A|-------------| |-------------| e|-3-----------| |-3-----------| / / / / / / / / / / / / Each slash is an eighth note [Verse 1] G Em The rain falls down on last year's man F C That's a Jews harp on the table, that's a crayon in his hand. G Em And the corners of the blue print are ruined since they rolled F C Far past the stems of thumb tacks that still throw shadows on the wood. F D G D And the skylight is like the skin for a drum I'll never mend G Em F C And all the rain falls down, Amen, on the works of last year's man. [Verse 2] G Em I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark F C Oh, one by one she had to tell them that her name was Joan of Arc. G Em I was in that army, yes I stayed a little while F C I want to thank you Joan of Arc for treating me so well. F D G D And tho' I wear a uniform I was not born to fight G Em F C All these wounded boys you lie beside; good night my friends, goodnight. [Verse 3] G Em I came upon a wedding that old fam'lies had contrived F C Bethlehem the bridegroom Babylon the bride. G Em Great Babylon was naked Ah! she stood there trembling for me F C And Bethlehem inflamed us both like the shy one at some orgy. F D G D And when we fell together all our flesh was like a veil G Em F C That I had to draw aside to see the serpent eat its tail. [Verse 4] G Em Some women wait for Jesus and some women wait for Cain F C So I hang upon my altar and I hoist my axe again. G Em And I take the one who finds me back to where it all began F C When Jesus was the honeymoon and Cain was just the man. F D G D And we read from pleasant Bibles that are bound in blood an skin G Em F C That the wilderness is gathering all its children back again. [Verse 5] G Em The rain falls down on last year's man F C An hour has gone by and he has not moved his hand. G Em But everything will happen if he only gives the word F C The lovers will rise up and the mountains touch the ground. F D G D But the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend G Em F C And all the rain falls down, Amen, on the works of last year's man. [Outro] G Em F C