So long Marianne

G Am

1. Come over to the window, my little darling,

C G

I'd like to try to read your palm.

F C

I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy,

Em D - D7

before I let you take me home.

G - Em

Now so long Marianne it's time that we began

D D7 D D7 G - C-G-C-G

to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

G Am

2. Well, you know that I love to live with you,

C G

but you make me forget so very much.

F C

I forget to pray for the angels,

Em D - D7

and then the angels forget to pray for us. + CHORUS

G Am

3. We met when we were almost young,

C G

deep in the green lilac park.

F C

You held on to me like I was a crucifix,

Em D - D7

as we went kneeling through the dark. + CHORUS

G Am

4. Your letters they all say that you're beside me now,

C G

then why do I feel alone?

F C

I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web

Em D - D7

is fastening my ankle to a stone.

G - Em

Now so long Marianne it's time we began

D D7 D D7 G - C-G-C-G

to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

G Am

5. For now I need your hidden love,

C G

I'm cold as a new razor blade.

F C

You left when I told you I was curious,

Em D - D7

I never said that I was brave. + CHORUS

G Am

6. Oh, you are really such a pretty one,

C G

I see you've gone and changed your name again.

F C

And just when I climbed this whole mountainside

Em - D D7

to wash my e...yelids in the rain. + CHORUS

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Leonard Cohen)