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