Recent Songs:

The Guests

written by Leonard Cohen


Chords:

Em':       x7605x
D':        x5403x
Intro: Em'

Em'        D'
One by one, The Guests arrive
C                        D'
The Guests are coming through
Em'               D'
The open-hearted many
C                  E
The broken-hearted few
     A                       D
And no one knows where the night is going
     A                    D
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C         Dm/c  C     Dm/c  C     Dm/c  C     Dm/c  C
O love, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
E                 A
Oh... I need you now
And those who dance begin to dance
And those who weep begin
And Welcome, Welcome cries a Voice,
Let all my guests come in
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
O love, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh... I need you now
And all go stumbling through that house
In lonely secrecy
Saying, Do reveal yourself
Or, Why hast thou forsaken me
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
O love, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh... I need you now
All at once the torches flare
The inner door flies open
One by one they enter there
In every style of passion
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
O love, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh... I need you now
And here they take their sweet repast
While house and grounds dissolve
And one by one The Guests are cast
Beyond the garden walls
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
O love, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh... I need you now
And those who dance begin to dance
Those who weep begin
And those who earnestly are lost
Are lost and lost again
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
O love, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh... I need you now
One by one The Guests arrive
The Guests are coming through
The broken-hearted many
The open-hearted few
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
O love, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh... I need you now

Intro:

    Em'
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:---------------------------------------------------:
B:------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5----:
G:------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----:
D:----6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--:
A:--7-----------7-----------7-----------7------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:


Verse:

    Em'                     D'
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:---------------------------------------------------:
B:------5---5-------5---5-------3---3-------3---3----:
G:------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----:
D:----6---6---6---6---6---6---4---4---4---4---4---4--:
A:--7-----------7-----------5-----------5------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    C                       D'
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:---------------------------------------------------:
B:------1---1-------1---1-------3---3-------3---3----:
G:------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----:
D:----2---2---2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4--:
A:--3-----------3-----------5-----------5------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    Em'                     D'
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:---------------------------------------------------:
B:------5---5-------5---5-------3---3-------3---3----:
G:------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----:
D:----6---6---6---6---6---6---4---4---4---4---4---4--:
A:--7-----------7-----------5-----------5------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    C                       E
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:------------------------------0---0-------0---0----:
B:------1---1-------1---1-------0---0-------0---0----:
G:------0---0-------0---0-----1---1---1---1---1---1--:
D:----2---2---2---2---2---2-------------2------------:
A:--3-----------3------------------------------------:
E:--------------------------0------------------------:


Chorus:

    A                       D
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:------0---0-------0---0-------2---2---2h3-2---2----:
B:------2---2-------2---2-------3---3---3---3---3----:
G:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
D:--------------2-----------0------------------------:
A:--0------------------------------------------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    A                       D
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:------0---0-------0---0-------2---2---2h3-2---2----:
B:------2---2-------2---2-------3---3---3---3---3----:
G:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
D:--------------2-----------0------------------------:
A:--0------------------------------------------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    C
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:------0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----:
B:------1---1-------1---1---3---1---1---3---1---1----:
G:----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--:
D:---------------------------------------------------:
A:--3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    C                       E
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:--0---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0-------0---0----:
B:--3---1---1---3---1---1-------0---0-------0---0----:
G:----0---0---0---0---0---0---1---1---1---1---1---1--:
D:--------------------------------------2------------:
A:--3-----------3------------------------------------:
E:--------------------------0------------------------:

    E                       A
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----:
B:------0---0-------0---0-------2---2-------2---2----:
G:----1---1---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
D:--------------2-----------------------2------------:
A:--------------------------0------------------------:
E:--0------------------------------------------------:

    A
    |   .   .   .   .   .
E:------0---0-------0---0----:
B:------2---2-------2---2----:
G:----2---2---2---2---2---0--:
D:--------------2------------:
A:--0------------------------:
E:---------------------------: