LEONARD COHEN - "take this longing" Tablature
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[ Article crossposted from alt.music.leonard-cohen ]
[ Author was Adi Heindl t4010 ]
There are not many tabs out for Leonard Cohen songs, execpt
from his two albums Songs of L.C. and Songs from a room. So
i'm interested in the way other people play his songs on the
guitar. Perhaps You are also interested and we can put our
information together to work out some new tabs. Here is a
first proposal of "Take This Longing". The chords are from
his anthology songbook. Feel free to critize the lines and
tell what can be done better. Is this group the right place
for such stuff or should i better stay at home? Thank You
very much for reading these lines and for any answer.
Leonard Cohen: Take This Longing 6/8
on New Skin for the old Ceremony and Greatest Hits/Best of
C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + ...
e:-------0-----0--------------0-----0----|-------0-----0-------------|
B:----1-----1-----1--------1-----1-----1-|----1-----1-----1-----1--1-|
G:-------0-----0--------------0-----0----|-------0-----0-------------|
D:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
A:-3--------------------3----------------|-3-----------------3-------|
E:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb F
e:||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B:||-3-----------------------------3----|-1----------------------------------|
G:||-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-------2-----2-----------2-----2----|
D:||----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
A:||-1-----------------1----------------|------------------------------------|
E:||------------------------------------|-1-----------------1----------------|
1. Many men have loved the bells you
2. Your body like a search- light my
3. You're hungry as an arch- way through
4. You're faithful to the better man I'm af-
*****************************************************************************
Bb F
e:------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B:-3-----------------------------3----|-1------------------------------1----|
G:-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-------2-----2------------2----------|
D:----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3------3-----3-----3-|
A:-1-----------------1----------------|-------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-1------------------1----------------|
fastened to the reign
pover- ty re- vealed
which the troops have passed
raid that he left
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Dm Gm
e:-------------------------1----1-----|------------------------------------|
B:-------3-----3--------3-----3-----3-|-------------------------3-----3----|
G:----2-----2-----2-------------------|-------3-----5--------3-----3-----3-|
D:-0-----------------0----------------|----5-----5-----5-------------------|
A:------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-3-----------------3----------------|
And ev'ry-one who wanted you they
I would like to try your charity un-
I stand in ruins be- hind you with your winter
So let me judge your love affair In this very
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Dm C(1 2 3) Dm(4 5 6)
e:----------1-----------------1-------|------------1------|
B:-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-1----------3------|
G:----2-----------2-----2-----------2-|-0----------2------|
D:-0-----------------0----------------|-2----------0------|
A:------------------------------------|-3-----------------|
E:------------------------------------|-------------------|
found what they will al-ways want a-
til you cry now you must try my
clothes and your broken sandal
room where I have sentenced mine to
*****************************************************************************
C
1 2 3 + 4 5 6 Em/appreggio
e:----------------------|-/0-------------------------------|
B:-1--------------------|-\0-------------------------------|
G:-0------------0-----0-|-/0-------------------------------|
D:-2-----1b(2)-----2----|-\2-------------------------------|
A:-3--------------------|-/2-------------------------------|
E:----------------------|-\0-------------------------------|
gain Your beauty lost to you your-
greed And ey'rything depends up-
straps I love to see you naked over
death I'll even wear these old
*****************************************************************************
Am Em
e:------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B:-1-----------------------------1----|-0-----------------------------0----|
G:-------2-----2-----------2----------|-------0-----0-----------0----------|
D:----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
A:-0-----------------0----------------|------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-0-----------------0----------------|
self just as it was lost to
on how near you sleep to
there e- specially from the
laurel leaves That he's shaken from his
*****************************************************************************
Am F
e:------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B:-1-----------------------------1----|-------1---1------1-----1----|
G:-------2-----2-----------2----------|-------2---2------2-----2----|
D:----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-------3---3------3-----3----|
A:-0-----------------0----------------|-----------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-1-----------1---------------|
them Oh take this long-ing from my
me Just take this long-ing from my
back Ah take this long-ing from my
head Just take this long-ing from my
*****************************************************************************
C F
e:--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B:----1--1-------1--1-|----------1---1------------1------1---------|
G:----2--2-------2--2-|----------2---2------------2------2---------|
D:----0--0-------0--0-|----------3---3------------3------3---------|
A:-3----------3-------|--------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------|-1------------------1-----------------------|
tongue what- ever use-less things these hands have
tongue and all the lone-ly things my hands have
tongue and all the lone-ly things my hands have
tongue what- ever use-less things these hands have
*****************************************************************************
C F
e:-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
B:----1--1---------1--1--|---------1--1------------1----1----|
G:----2--2---------2--2--|---------2--2------------2----2----|
D:----0--0---------0--0--|---------3--3------------3----3----|
A:-3------------3--------|-----------------------------------|
E:-----------------------|-1------------------1--------------|
done Let me see your beauty brok-en
done Let me see your beauty brok-en
done Untie for me your hired blue
done Untie for me your satin bra-
*****************************************************************************
C Em F
e:--------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
B:-1------------------|-0--------------------------|-1----------------|
G:-2---------0-----0--|----0--0-------0----0-------|----2--2-----2--2-|
D:-0--1b(2)-----2-----|----2--2-------2----2-------|----3--3-----3--3-|
A:-3------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
E:--------------------|-0--------0-----------------|-1--------1-------|
down like you would do
down like you would do
gown like you would do
sierre like you would do
*****************************************************************************
|1.2.3.
F C C
e:----------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
B:----1--1------1---1---|----1--1-----1--1--|----1--1-----1--1--||
G:----2--2------2---2---|----2--2-----2--2--|----2--2-----------||
D:----3--3------3---3---|----0--0-----0--0--|----0--0-----------||
A:----------------------|-3--------3--------|-3--------3--------||
E:-1--------1-----------|-------------------|-------------------||
for one you loved.
for one you love.
for one you love.
for one you
*****************************************************************************
|4.
C C F
e:------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
B:----1--1-----1--1-|----1--1-------1----1----|----1--1-----1--1--|
G:----2--2-----2--2-|----2--2-------2----2----|----2--2-----2--2--|
D:----0--0-----0--0-|----0--0-------0----0----|----3--3-----3--3--|
A:-3--------3-------|-3--------3--------------|-------------------|
E:------------------|-------------------------|-1--------1--------|
love like you would do
F C
e:----------------------|-------||
B:----1--1-------1----1-|-1-----||
G:----2--2-------2----2-|-0-----||
D:----3--3-------3----3-|-2-----||
A:----------------------|-3-----||
E:-1--------1-----------|-------||
for one you love.
Has anybody out there tried to play "Death of a Ladies' Man"
or "Dance me to the end of Love"?. If yes, please post it!
with best wishes
adi
[ Author was Adi Heindl t4010 ]
There are not many tabs out for Leonard Cohen songs, execpt
from his two albums Songs of L.C. and Songs from a room. So
i'm interested in the way other people play his songs on the
guitar. Perhaps You are also interested and we can put our
information together to work out some new tabs. Here is a
first proposal of "Take This Longing". The chords are from
his anthology songbook. Feel free to critize the lines and
tell what can be done better. Is this group the right place
for such stuff or should i better stay at home? Thank You
very much for reading these lines and for any answer.
Leonard Cohen: Take This Longing 6/8
on New Skin for the old Ceremony and Greatest Hits/Best of
C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + ...
e:-------0-----0--------------0-----0----|-------0-----0-------------|
B:----1-----1-----1--------1-----1-----1-|----1-----1-----1-----1--1-|
G:-------0-----0--------------0-----0----|-------0-----0-------------|
D:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
A:-3--------------------3----------------|-3-----------------3-------|
E:---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb F
e:||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B:||-3-----------------------------3----|-1----------------------------------|
G:||-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-------2-----2-----------2-----2----|
D:||----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
A:||-1-----------------1----------------|------------------------------------|
E:||------------------------------------|-1-----------------1----------------|
1. Many men have loved the bells you
2. Your body like a search- light my
3. You're hungry as an arch- way through
4. You're faithful to the better man I'm af-
*****************************************************************************
Bb F
e:------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B:-3-----------------------------3----|-1------------------------------1----|
G:-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-------2-----2------------2----------|
D:----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3------3-----3-----3-|
A:-1-----------------1----------------|-------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-1------------------1----------------|
fastened to the reign
pover- ty re- vealed
which the troops have passed
raid that he left
*****************************************************************************
Dm Gm
e:-------------------------1----1-----|------------------------------------|
B:-------3-----3--------3-----3-----3-|-------------------------3-----3----|
G:----2-----2-----2-------------------|-------3-----5--------3-----3-----3-|
D:-0-----------------0----------------|----5-----5-----5-------------------|
A:------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-3-----------------3----------------|
And ev'ry-one who wanted you they
I would like to try your charity un-
I stand in ruins be- hind you with your winter
So let me judge your love affair In this very
*****************************************************************************
Dm C(1 2 3) Dm(4 5 6)
e:----------1-----------------1-------|------------1------|
B:-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-1----------3------|
G:----2-----------2-----2-----------2-|-0----------2------|
D:-0-----------------0----------------|-2----------0------|
A:------------------------------------|-3-----------------|
E:------------------------------------|-------------------|
found what they will al-ways want a-
til you cry now you must try my
clothes and your broken sandal
room where I have sentenced mine to
*****************************************************************************
C
1 2 3 + 4 5 6 Em/appreggio
e:----------------------|-/0-------------------------------|
B:-1--------------------|-\0-------------------------------|
G:-0------------0-----0-|-/0-------------------------------|
D:-2-----1b(2)-----2----|-\2-------------------------------|
A:-3--------------------|-/2-------------------------------|
E:----------------------|-\0-------------------------------|
gain Your beauty lost to you your-
greed And ey'rything depends up-
straps I love to see you naked over
death I'll even wear these old
*****************************************************************************
Am Em
e:------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B:-1-----------------------------1----|-0-----------------------------0----|
G:-------2-----2-----------2----------|-------0-----0-----------0----------|
D:----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
A:-0-----------------0----------------|------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-0-----------------0----------------|
self just as it was lost to
on how near you sleep to
there e- specially from the
laurel leaves That he's shaken from his
*****************************************************************************
Am F
e:------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B:-1-----------------------------1----|-------1---1------1-----1----|
G:-------2-----2-----------2----------|-------2---2------2-----2----|
D:----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-------3---3------3-----3----|
A:-0-----------------0----------------|-----------------------------|
E:------------------------------------|-1-----------1---------------|
them Oh take this long-ing from my
me Just take this long-ing from my
back Ah take this long-ing from my
head Just take this long-ing from my
*****************************************************************************
C F
e:--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B:----1--1-------1--1-|----------1---1------------1------1---------|
G:----2--2-------2--2-|----------2---2------------2------2---------|
D:----0--0-------0--0-|----------3---3------------3------3---------|
A:-3----------3-------|--------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------|-1------------------1-----------------------|
tongue what- ever use-less things these hands have
tongue and all the lone-ly things my hands have
tongue and all the lone-ly things my hands have
tongue what- ever use-less things these hands have
*****************************************************************************
C F
e:-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
B:----1--1---------1--1--|---------1--1------------1----1----|
G:----2--2---------2--2--|---------2--2------------2----2----|
D:----0--0---------0--0--|---------3--3------------3----3----|
A:-3------------3--------|-----------------------------------|
E:-----------------------|-1------------------1--------------|
done Let me see your beauty brok-en
done Let me see your beauty brok-en
done Untie for me your hired blue
done Untie for me your satin bra-
*****************************************************************************
C Em F
e:--------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
B:-1------------------|-0--------------------------|-1----------------|
G:-2---------0-----0--|----0--0-------0----0-------|----2--2-----2--2-|
D:-0--1b(2)-----2-----|----2--2-------2----2-------|----3--3-----3--3-|
A:-3------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
E:--------------------|-0--------0-----------------|-1--------1-------|
down like you would do
down like you would do
gown like you would do
sierre like you would do
*****************************************************************************
|1.2.3.
F C C
e:----------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
B:----1--1------1---1---|----1--1-----1--1--|----1--1-----1--1--||
G:----2--2------2---2---|----2--2-----2--2--|----2--2-----------||
D:----3--3------3---3---|----0--0-----0--0--|----0--0-----------||
A:----------------------|-3--------3--------|-3--------3--------||
E:-1--------1-----------|-------------------|-------------------||
for one you loved.
for one you love.
for one you love.
for one you
*****************************************************************************
|4.
C C F
e:------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
B:----1--1-----1--1-|----1--1-------1----1----|----1--1-----1--1--|
G:----2--2-----2--2-|----2--2-------2----2----|----2--2-----2--2--|
D:----0--0-----0--0-|----0--0-------0----0----|----3--3-----3--3--|
A:-3--------3-------|-3--------3--------------|-------------------|
E:------------------|-------------------------|-1--------1--------|
love like you would do
F C
e:----------------------|-------||
B:----1--1-------1----1-|-1-----||
G:----2--2-------2----2-|-0-----||
D:----3--3-------3----3-|-2-----||
A:----------------------|-3-----||
E:-1--------1-----------|-------||
for one you love.
Has anybody out there tried to play "Death of a Ladies' Man"
or "Dance me to the end of Love"?. If yes, please post it!
with best wishes
adi
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are "hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the official LEONARD COHEN tablature which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route. These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the NY Times Article. We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
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