Dress Rehearsal Rag Leonard Cohen
Lyrics and guitar chords
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Intro
Zwrotka 1
Refren
Zwrotka 2
Refren
Zwrotka 3
Refren
Zwrotka 4
Outro
It's just the d
You know this d
It's just the d
Bm
Zwrotka 1
Bm
Four o'clock in the afternoon, Cm
and C#m
I didn't feel like very much.Cm
Bm
I said to my self, "where are you, golden boy, where'sCm
yoC#m
ur famous golden touch?Cm
" Bm
I thought you knew where all of tCm
he C#m
elephants lie down,Cm
Bm
I thought you where the crown-prince of all tCm
he C#m
wheels in Ivory Town.Cm
Bm
Just take a look at your body now,A#m
Am
there's nothing much to save.A#m
Bm
And a bitter voice in the mirror cries "A#m
Hey, Am
Prince, you need a shave."A#m
Bm
Now if you can manage to get your trembliCm
ng C#m
fingers to behave,Cm
Bm
Why don't you try unwrapping a stainlessCm
stC#m
eel razor blade? That's right,Cm
Bm
it's come to this.A#m
Yes,Am
it's come to this,Refren
A#
And wasn't it a lD
ong way dG
own?A#
Wasn't it a strD
ange way dG
own?Zwrotka 2
Bm
There's no hot water and thCm
e coC#m
ld is running thin,Cm
Bm
Well, what do you expect from the kind of places yCm
ou'vC#m
e been living in?Cm
Bm
Don't drink from that cup, it's all cakeCm
d anC#m
d cracked along the rim,Cm
Bm
That's not electric light, my friend, that isCm
youC#m
r vision growing dim.Cm
Bm
Cover up your face with soap, theA#m
re, Am
now you're Santa Claus,A#m
Bm
And you got a gift for anyone whoA#m
wilAm
l give you his applauseA#m
. Bm
I thought you were a racing manCm
, aC#m
h, but you couldn't take the pace.Cm
Bm
That's a funeral in the mirrorCm
, aC#m
nd it's stopping at your face. That's right,Cm
Bm
it's come to this.A#m
Yes,Am
it's come to this,Refren
A#
And wasn't it a lD
ong way dG
own?A#
Ah wasn't it a strD
ange way dG
own?Zwrotka 3
Bm
Once there was a patCm
h anC#m
d a girl with chestnut hair,Cm
Bm
And you passed the summers picking allCm
of C#m
the berries that grew there.Cm
Bm
There were times she was a womanCm
, ohC#m
, there were times she was just a child,Cm
Bm
And you held her in the shadow whCm
ere C#m
the raspberries grow wild.Cm
Bm
And you climbed twilight mountains, A#m
and Am
you sang about the view,A#m
Bm
And everywhere that you wandered, loA#m
ve sAm
eemed to go along with you.A#m
Bm
That's a hard one to remember, yes,Cm
it C#m
makes you clench your fist,Cm
Bm
And then the veins stand out like higCm
hwayC#m
s all along your wrist. And yesCm
, Bm
it's come to this.A#m
Yeah,Am
it's come to this,Refren
A#
And wasn't it a lD
ong way dG
own?A#
Wasn't it a strD
ange way dG
own?Zwrotka 4
Bm
You can still find a job, go out Cm
and C#m
talk to a friend,Cm
Bm
On the back of every magazine, there areCm
thoC#m
se coupons you can send.Cm
Bm
Why don't you join the RosicruciansCm
? ThC#m
ey will give you back your hope,Cm
Bm
You can find your love with diagrams on Cm
a plC#m
ain brown envelope.Cm
Bm
But you've used up all your couponA#m
s, eAm
xcept the one that seems A#m
Bm
To be written on your wristA#m
aloAm
ng with several thousand dreams.A#m
Bm
Now Santa Claus comes forwardCm
, thC#m
at's a razor in his mittCm
, Bm
And he puts on his dark glassesCm
, anC#m
d he shows you where to hit.Cm
Bm
And then the cameras pA#m
an, Am
the stand-in stuntman,Outro
A#
dress re-hD
earsal G
rag,It's just the d
A#
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earsal G
rag,You know this d
A#
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earsal G
rag,It's just the d
A#
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rag.
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