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