Jennifer Warnes, First We Take Manhattan (1987)
Key: :[Em] (w: Leonard Cohen)
VERSE 1:
They
[Am] sentenced me to twenty years of
[Em] boredom
For
[Am] trying to change the system from
[Em] within
I'm
[Am] coming now I'm coming to re-
[Em]-ward them
[D] First we take Man-
[C]-hattan,
[B] then we take Ber-
[Em]-lin
VERSE 2:
I'm
[Am] guided by a signal in the
[Em] heavens
I'm
[Am] guided by the birthmark on my
[Em] skin
I'm
[Am] guided by the beauty of our
[Em] weapons
[D] First we take Man-
[C]-hattan,
[B] then we take Ber-
[Em]-lin
BRIDGE:
I'd
[G] really like to live beside you
[D] baby
[C] I love your
[G] body and your spirit and your
[Em] clothes
But you
[Am] see that line there moving through the
[Em] station
I
[D] told you I
[C] told you I
[B] told you I was one of
[Em] those
INSTRUMENTAL:
[Am] [Am] [Em] [Em] //
[D] [C] [B] [Em]
VERSE 3:
[Am] I don't like your fashion business
[Em] Mister
[Am] I don't like these drugs that keep you
[Em] thin
[Am] I don't like what happened to your
[Em] sister
[D] First we take Man-
[C]-hattan,
[B] then we take Ber-
[Em]-lin
OUTRO:
Then we take Ber-
[Em]-lin
Then we take Ber-
[Em]-lin
Then we take Ber-
[Em]-lin
