Ten New Songs:

By the Rivers Dark

written by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson

Intro: Fm . . . |. . Eb . |Fm . . . |. . . . |
       Dbmaj7 . . . |. . Eb . |Fm . . . |. . . . |

Fm
By the rivers dark
   Eb      Fm
I wandered on
Dbmaj7
I lived my life
Eb  Fm
In Babylon

And I did forget
My holy song:
And I had no strength
In Babylon

Ab             Bb6
By the rivers dark
                   Fm
Where I could not see
Db                Eb
Who was waiting there
                 Fm
Who was hunting me

And he cut my lip
And he cut my heart
So I could not drink
From the rivers dark

And he covered me
And I saw within
My lawless heart
And my wedding ring

I did not know
And I could not see
Who was waiting there
Who was hunting me

By the rivers dark
I panicked on
I belong at last
To Babylon

Then he struck my heart
With a deadly force
And he said, "This heart:
It is not yours"

        Db       Eb
And he gave the wind
Fm
My wedding ring
        Db     Eb/db
And he circled us
     Bbm7  C  C7
With everything

By the rivers dark
In a wounded dawn
I live my life
In Babylon

Though I take my song
From a withered limb
Both song and tree
They sing for him

Be the truth unsaid
And the blessing gone
If I forget
My Babylon

I did not know
And I could not see
Who was waiting there
Who was hunting me

By the rivers dark
Where it all goes on:
By the rivers dark
In Babylon

Guitarist friendly version

Capo 1st fret

Chords:

Cmaj7:    x32000  or  x35453
A6:       x02222
D/c:      x3x232

Intro: Em . . . |. . D . |Em . . . |. . . . |
       Cmaj7 . . . |. . D . |Em . . . |. . . . |

Em
By the rivers dark
   D       Em
I wandered on
Cmaj7
I lived my life
D   Em
In Babylon

...

G              A6
By the rivers dark
                   Em
Where I could not see
C                 D
Who was waiting there
                 Em
Who was hunting me

...

        C        D
And he gave the wind
Em
My wedding ring
        C      D/c
And he circled us
     Am7  B  B7
With everything

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