Standard Tuning EADGBe
RIP Leonard Cohen.
The Verse is done in the C shape:
E x76050
D x54030
C x32010
Intro: E
Verse 1:
E D C D
One by one, the guests arrive, the guests are coming through
E D C D
The open-hearted many, the broken-hearted few
Chorus 1:
A D
And no one knows where the night is going
A D
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
E A
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 2:
E D C D
And those who dance, begin to dance, those who weep begin
E D C D
And "welcome, welcome" cries a voice "let all my guests come in."
Chorus 2:
A D
And no one knows where the night is going
A D
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
E A
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 3:
E D C D
And all go stumbling through that house, in lonely secrecy
E D C D
Saying "do reveal yourself", or "why has thou forsaken me? "
Chorus 3:
A D
And no one knows where the night is going
A D
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
E A
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 4:
E D C D
All at once, the torches flare, the inner door flies open
E D C D
One by one, they enter there, in every style of passion
Chorus 4:
A D
And no one knows where the night is going
A D
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
E A
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 5:
E D C D
And here they take their sweet repast, while house and grounds dissolve
E D C D
And one by one the guests are cast, beyond the garden wall
Chorus 5:
A D
And no one knows where the night is going
A D
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
E A
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 6:
E D C D
And those who dance, begin to dance, those who weep begin
E D C D
Those who earnestly are lost, are lost and lost again
Chorus 6:
A D
And no one knows where the night is going
A D
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
E A
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 7: (same as 1)
E D C D
One by one, the guests arrive, the guests are coming through
E D C D
The open-hearted many, the broken-hearted few
Chorus 7:
A D
And no one knows where the night is going
A D
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
E A
Oh..........I need you now
[Instrumental Verse]
[Instrumental Chorus]
(end)
