LEONARD COHEN RECENT SONGSLEONARD COHEN RECENT SONGS THE GUESTS 2 HUMBLED IN LOVE 4 THE WINDOW 6 CAME SO FAR FOR BEAUTY 8 THE TRAITOR 10 OUR LADY OF SOLITUDE 12 THE GYPSY'S WIFE 4 THE SMOKEY LIFE. 16 BALLAD OF THE ABSENT MARE 18 UN CANADIEN ERRANT 20 THE LOST CANADIAN) a, Bearbeitung: Peter Glass © Copyright 1979 by Stranger Music Inc, U.S.A. jorbehalten - All rights reserved - Tous droits réservésThe Guests Leonard Cohen Moderato (4 Takte~5,2 Sek.) VERSE En SS s—= the Guests ar - rive The Guests are com -ing through c ae The op - en heart - ed many © REFRAIN And no one knows. why the wine is flow-ing need you, 1 need you, I need you now. == ©1979 by Stranger Music Inc.,U. 8. A. RB 2218,VERS 2. Refr.: VERS 6. Refr.: ‘And those who dance begin to dance ‘And those who weep begin ‘And, Welcome cries a Voice Let all my guests come in And no one knows All at once the torches flare ‘The inner door flies open One by one they enter there In every style of passion And no one knows And those who dance begin to dance Those who weep begin ‘And those who earnestly are lost Are lost and lost again And no one knows RB2218 VERS 3. Refr. Refr.: VERS 7. Refr.: ‘And all go stumbling throught that house in lonely secrecy Saying. Do reveal yourself (Or Why hast thou forsaken me And no one knows. . And here they take their sweet repast While house and grounds dissolve ‘And one by one The Guests are cast Beyond the garden walls. And no one knows. One by one The Guests arrive The Guests are coming through ‘The broken-heartet many ‘The open-heartet few. And no one knows...Humbled InLove Slow (4 Takte = 14,5 Sek. INTRO Leonard Cohen E eS mf ‘ender ~Piano + Gi Fender Pano +i . ao @® VERSE + Homing Chor 2. + Sos c Gh 1. Do you remember _ all those pled-ges That we _ pledges in the passionate night_ y 6 = Are they soilednow andtom —at_ the ed= ges 7 = SSS moths on a stale‘yellow light ae new them, Nor mas-sive trans-fus - ions of trust. Why not SSE SSS 5 = SS SS ev-en revenge can un- do. them So twist-ed these vows and so REFRAIN 6 Bb (scr) _ Fees Zz 2 crushed And you gay youve been humb-led in love. Cutdown in youlove——_ Forced to © 1979 by Stranger Music Inc., U.S. A. RB 2219ta I kneclin the mud next to me. Ah but why so bitt-er - ly tum from the one who kneels there as deeply as-_—‘thee. VERS 3. Refr.: VERS 4, Refr.: VERS 5. Refr.: VERS 6, Refr.: Children have taken these pledges ‘They have ferried them out of the past ‘Oh beyond all the graves and the hedges Where love must go hiding at last Humbled in lo And here where there is no description Here in the moment at hand No sinner need rise up forgiven No victim need limp to the stand Humbled in love..... And look, dear heart, at the virgin Look how she welcomes him into her gown ‘And mark how the stranger’s cold armor Dissolves like as star falling down Humbled in love..... Why trade this vision for desire When you may have them both ‘You will never sec a man this naked Twill never hold a woman an this close Humbled in love, RB 2219The Window Leonard Cohen Slowly (4 Takte- 6 Sek.) INTRO ViolineSolo = VERSE ‘Aa tempo A LWhy do you stand by the win - dow Ab an- do - ned beau-ty and pride The thomof the night in yourbo- som ‘The spear of the age in your side Lost in the rages of fragran- oe = ce Lost in the rags of re - morse. Lost waves of a sick - ness ‘That loosens the high sil - ver nerves. © 1979. by Stranger Music Inc., U S.A. RB 2220(©RerRaIn z (4 = Chor only) i Ss Fenosen love 0 fro-zen love © tang-le of — mat-ter and ghost Taatingof ang-els, de-mons andsaints And the whole broken heart - ed e as host Gentle this soul. 2. Come VERS 2. Come forth from the cloud of unknowing VERS 3. Then lay your rose on the fire And kiss the check of the moon The fire give up to the sun The new Jerusalem glowing ‘The sun give over to splendor Why tarry all night in the ruin In the arms of the High Holy One And leave no word of discomfort For the Holy One dreams of the letter ‘And leave no observer to mourn. Dreams of a letter’s death But climb on your tears and be silent Oh bless the continuous stutter Like the rose on its laddet of thorn Of the word being made into flesh Refr.: O chosen love. O frozen love... Refr.: O chosen love. O frozen love.Came So Far For Beauty Slowly (4 Takte=7 Sek.) INTRO Vee A RionoG! I + Leonard. Cohen/ John Lissauer 1.1 dame so far for beau-ty—___ 1 at che a =< aa as left so much — be-hind My patience and my a Ys. eh as 2 Tthought’d be re - For such a (B)stormed the old. = Cas - i - no For the mon-ey 6 FT pb oh: cl ct gee = S=—= SoS ar i aed a lonely - ‘And sure -ly she would ans-wer and the the AndI my-self. de-ci - ded 4 FT 6 Fl Bb ; : SS SS Sse oe ort tr PPP To sucha ve-ry_____ hopeless. voici What was _ rot - ten. and.__ what_ was fresh, —— ©1979 by Stranger Music Inc., U.S.A. RB 2221» Ss 7 (eae Tre eae, a 3. I practiced on my saint 6. And men to do my to one and all vir- te —__ to teach ‘The val -ue. of way par - don cm'fab Ab Bb cy eb Ab wD ab sheymeedier not at ah Py anged my ‘The sha-dow of my reach. 7. Butno oy style to sil-ver changed my cloth - es to black _T could not touch her with such a heavy hand Bb cm cmil/Bb Ab ‘And where would. sur - ren - der. Now I Her star be - yond__my order. Her nakedness rae how would at - tack. un - manned. be-hind so much # un - signed and my family My master - piece RB 222110 The Traitor Leonard Gohen Slow (4 Takte = 9,5 Sek.) INTRO rubato taf Git ® tempo i 5 == SS Sa 1. Now the sian it floated on. the English A . A D A - _ —_— (ia Spa Ri-ver The Rose of High Ro-mance—— it opened wide A ct EB git SS iS ———— G8 fs f+ tse Sr | suntanned woman yawned me _ through the sumer ‘And the judges watched us D A _ ®. #55 0 from “the 0 - therside— 2.1 told my mo-ther,Mo-ther must A D SSS = oe? leave you Pre-serve my room but donot shed a _ ce _ _ Fam Bkm 2 A = SS Say arr Should ru-mors of a shabby end - ingreach you It was Oxi E D AQ SSSSS_= ow He s half my fault. and half the at - mos - phere. 3. And the Rose I sickned © 1979. by Stranger Music Inc. U.S.A. RB 2923with a scarlet fe-ver ‘And the swan I tempted with a sense of 5 a = eee She said at last =I was fra == i= “1G BK Bit oases oe + 2 And if she withered I wold be to blame 4.The a Viokine-soto CODA E gray The Judges said, You missed it by a fraction Rise up and brace your troops for the attack The Dreamers ride against the Men of Action sce the Men of Action falling back 5, But I lingered on her thights a fatal moment. T kissed her lips as through I thirsted still My falsity it stung me like a hornet ‘The poison sank and it paralyzed my will 6. could not move to warn the younger soldiers ‘That they had been deserted from above So on battlefields from here to Barcelona I'm listed with the enemies of love 7. And Iong ago she said, I must be leaving But keep my body here to lie upon You can move it up and down and when I'm sleeping Run some wire through that Rose and wind the Swan 8. So daily I renew my idle duty Itouch her here and there. 'know my nlace kiss her open mouth and I praise her beauty And people call me Traitor to my face. RB 2223Our Lady Of Solitude Very slow (4 Takte- 16 Sel y Jj nN Synth. —_ J F All Fae sum-mer long ea she touched me Se er a she gathered in my soul From many a thom from many a A E E/CH 2m g a = = faa a fae ve “Tad T 7 <3 : thicket___ Her fin-gers like a wea-ver's cém =a cool ‘And the light . came from her —_bo - dy ‘And the Fem D ee = EBS Se WT ss ag ‘AIL summerlong— she touchedme~ night went through her grace A z B/D ———— =| =x 5 = = ~ 7 — 3 urs r a And 1 knew her, I ©1979 by Stranger Music Inc., U.S.A. RB 2224Fim chm D words were few and small She is the ves-sel of the Way whole wide: world Mistress ob, mistress of us all e D rr a SSS = eS EE 7 SSS gS aa t a aaa ae _ Dear La -dy Queen of " = = — = = = fey SaaS SS So- li - tude T thank you with my A Ss SSS For keeping me so close to. | Thee While so a= B/D E/ch ———= oo Te 2: : me TPS. FT at segno a Fine an many, oh so many stood a - part. the RB 2224The Gypsy’s Wife Leonard Cohen Moderato (4 Takte=5 Sek.) VERSE chm chm cad be = 2 4 2. Viol. oe id mere, where where is my—— Gyp-sy Wife to-night Te ct cam gi SSN SS heard all the wild re - ports. They can’t be right But whose BE A et = — SS SS EE —— Bete SSS SS Sa head is this she’s dan’ -- cing withon the tresh- ing - floor Whose © 1979 by Stranger Music Inc., U.S.A. RB 222516 fa pits = ae Pee darkness deep - ens in her arms ait le_-more And REFRAIN where, where is my_. Gypsy Wile to-night__ © VIOLINE -SOLO gt e = = 7 pos se sae se Wife tonight. MT 2. The silver knives are flashing 8 in the tired old cafe A ghost climbs on the table in a bridal negligee She says, My body is the light My body is the way Traise my arm against it all And I catch the brides bouquet And where, where is my Gypsy Wife tonight RB 2225, ‘Too early for the Rainbow ‘Too early for the Dove ‘Those are the Final Days, this is The darkness, this is the Flood And there is no man or woman Can be touched But you who come between them Will be judged And where, where is my Gypsy Wife tonightThe Smokey Life Slow (4Takte = 14 Sek.) ay TRO aa Pianos eetnubac 9 Hy Sirk Dmi/r E a @ versie A Alle AS/et pale A ah oe aaa eae s + Ta tempo f 1. T've never seen your eyes so wide_ Tye never seen your appetite quite this yee pair A/E Fe a ctaim A/eh Dmi/r A ac ave Dm/F A/E SSS Se =—— — w=. ss Se ee oz ee ¢ ee 4e Fe —— keep it light. So let's be mar-ried one more night.__—iIt’s D a Géaim Sites => = aS de ——— oF ; = ‘ene, oP ; r light, light you know — to let it go—— © 1979 by Stranger Music Inc., U.S.A. RB 2226a Gtaim ZED n vw = F 7 ©utena | Fs ss cf? FEE SSS =e 7 oF you know to letit go the ground is gone— there’s no one The smo VERS 3, So set your restless heart at ease VERS 4, Don’t argue you now or you'll be late There's nothing to investigate It’s light enough, light enough to let it go lightyou kow tole it go ‘Takea lesson from these autum leaves ‘They waste no time waiting for the snow Refr.: Remember wheh the scenery... VERS 5, Come on back’ if the moment lends You can look up all my very closest friends Light enough to let it go Light, light you know to let it go It light, ight you kow to let it go RB 2226Ballad Of The Absent Mare Moderato (4 Takte = 5,3 Sek.) INTRO E > Solo- Git. 7 Leonard Cohen —F =e F a — 1.Say a pray - er for the Cow - boy, his D bs = SS == = | J ease ye or 7 mare’s run a - Way And he'll walk till he find her his dar-ling his a to ase : stray. But the ri-ver's in flood —— and the roads are a - wash. And the w = == === ee te - brid-ges break up) in the pa - = Spe And there's no - thing to fol - low, theres no" where to go— ——_—————— ie ae a Shes gone like the summer, she’ gone like the snow And the g —=-==—= == = + = SSS SS crick-cts are breaking his heart with her song. asthe caves A ass FT o a and the night is all ©1979 by Stranger Music. Inc, U.S.A. RB2227F Tp.+ Viol Soto ©@om _—_ 19 — f=s=3 2. Did he dream, was it she who went galopping past ‘And bent down the fern and broke open the grass ‘And printed the mud with the iron and the gold ‘That he nailed to her feet when he was the lord And although she goes grazing a minute away He tracks her all night and the tracks her all day Oh blind to her presence except to compare His injury here with her punishment there So he binds himself to the galopping mare And she binds herself to the rider: there ‘And there is no space 8. Then at home on his branch in the highest tree A songbird sings out so suddenly Oh the sun is warm and the soft winds ride On the willow trees by the riverside Oh the world is sweet and the world is ‘And she’s there where the light and the darkness divide ‘And the steam’s coming of her, she’s huge and she’s shy And she steps on the moon when she paws at the sky But there’s left and right ‘And there is no time but there’s day and night And the leans on her neck and he whispers low Wither thou goest I wil. go ‘And they tum as one And they head for the plain No need for the whip no need for the rein, RB 2227 Repeat Codaand fade 4, And she comes to his hand bout she’s not really tame She longs to be lost and he longs for the same And she'll bolt and she'll plunge through the first open pass To roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass Or she'll make a break for the high plateau Where there's nothing abow ‘And there’s nothing below ‘And it’s time for their burden i’s time for the whip Will she walk through the flame can he shoot from the hip wide 6. Now the clasp of their union who fastens it light Who snaps it asunder the very next night Some say the rider Some say the mare Or that love's like the smoke, beyond all repair But my darling says, Leonard just let it go by That old silhouette fon the great Western sky So I pick out a tune ‘And they move right along ‘And the’te gone like the smoke ‘And they're gone like this song20 Un Canadien Errant Englische Textiibertragung: TheLost Canadian Edith Fulton Fowke Franzdsischer Originaltext und Musik: Slow (4 ad TH nO Sek.) M.A. Gerin-Lajoie Viglg=— 5 se rd Bae SSS= SE pa a Yiol. a= aaa t i tempo 1, Un__Ca-na-dien et rant__ Ban - Dm % c c \ trot TTT Tr oF F ww mA ni de ses. foy-ers ___ Par - cou - rait en pleu-rant_ — a Dm Beh re = is ==> t+ Des. pays. é - tran - gers __ Par - — cou-rait en. ple - rant___ Des. pays € = tran —gers © 1979 by Stranger Music Inc., U.S. A. RB 22227 ® ees 2 2.Un jour, triste at pen-sif_. rr. Trp. 7 As = sis au bord des flots—— Au _—— a ~ dres - sa—— ses mots_ — cour rant Loo "1 Fo rvp. a ‘Au courtant a - dres -sa Ov oe ses mots 2 ‘mon pays Mon pays. mal-heu - reux Si tw vois. a mes a - mis. Que — je me sou vies d’eux__ Va dire mes a mis__ RB 2222je me sou viens d’eux. pays— he - las Gm © F Trompeten cr Je— ne le ver - rai plus VERS 1. Once a Canadian lad VERS 2. Exiled from hearth and home Wandered alone and sad Through alien lands unknow VERS 3.1f you should reach my land VERS 4. My most unhappy Tand Please speak to all my friends So they will understand RB 2222 SSA Ee mon pays he - las__ coDA F Repeat and fade Down by a rushing stream ‘Thoughtful and sad-one day He watched the water pass And to it he did say ‘Tell them how much I wish ‘That I could be once more in my beloved land That I will see no more