Ten New Songs:

Alexandra Leaving

written by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson


Chords:

Am7/e:    002010
Bb6:      x13333
F                             Dm
Suddenly the night has grown colder.
C                   Bb     C      F
The god of love preparing to depart.
F                          Dm
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder
Bb                             C          F
They slip between the sentries of the heart.

   Am7                          Bb
Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure
Gm                                       C
They gain the light, they formlessly entwine
F                               Dm
And radiant beyond your widest measure
Bb                         C          F
They fall among the voices and the wine.

             Bb         C            Dm
It's not a trick, your senses all deceiving
           Bb                       C
A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust
        F Am7/e Dm C      Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
  Bb6               C          F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

F                                 Dm
Even though she sleeps upon your satin
C                Bb        C         F
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
F                           Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
C                  Bb  C          F
Do not stoop to strategies like this.

Am7                                   Bb
As someone long prepared for this to happen
Gm                                C
Go firmly to the window. Drink it in.
           F                Dm
Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing.
Bb                           C     F
Your first commitments tangible again.

             Bb      C           Dm
And you who had the honor of her evening
             Bb                    C
And by that honor had your own restored
        F Am7/e Dm C      Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
Bb6        C                F
Alexandra leaving with her lord.

                  Bb     C        Dm
Even though she sleeps upon your satin
                 Bb        C      Dm
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
                Bb     C      Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
                   Gm             C
Do not stoop to strategies like this.

F                                   Dm
As someone long prepared for the occasion
C                  Bb      C        F
In full command of every plan you wrecked
F                              Dm
Do not choose a coward's explanation
C                      Bb         C      F
That hides behind the cause and the effect.

             Bb     C             Dm
And you who were bewildered by a meaning
                 Bb                 C
Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed
        F Am7/e Dm C      Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
  Bb6               C          F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

        F Am7/e Dm C      Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
  Bb6               C          F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.