xThe_Stories_of_the_Street 

 
 

		Am________________________C________ 

1:		The_stories_of_the_street_are_mine, 

___________________Em___________________________Bm 

		The_Spanish_voices_laugh... 

	__	_______Am_______________C 

		The_cadillacs_go_creeping_down_ 

	____________	______	_______Em____________________________Bm 

		Through_the_night_and_the_poison_gas 

__	__________	_____Am_____________________F 

		And_I_lean_from_my_window-sill 

__________________________B_______F#___B 

		In_this_old_hotel_I_chose 

___		________E_________________________A____________________ 

		With_one_hand_on_my_suicide 

______________________E______________________D_________Am 

		And_one_hand_on_a_rose..._hmmm 

 
 

2:		I_know_youve_heard_its_over_now 

And_war_must_surely_come 

		The_cities_they_are_broke_in_half 

		And_the_middle-men_are_gone... 

		But_let_me_ask_you_one_more_time 

		Oh_Children_of_the_Dust... 

		These_hundreds_who_are_shrieking_now, 

		Oh_do_they_speak_for_us?___Hmmm... 

 
 

3:		And_where_do_all_these_highways_go 

		Now_that_we_are_free? 

		Why_are_the_armies_marching_still_ 

		That_were_coming_home_to_me? 

		Oh_lady,_with_your_legs_so_fine, 

		Oh_stranger_at_your_wheel... 

		You_are_locked_inside_your_suffering 

		And_your_pleasures_are_the_seal..._Hmmm... 

 
 

4:		The_Age_of_Lust_is_giving_birth 

		And_both_the_parents_ask 

		The_nurse_to_tell_them_fairytales 

		On_both_sides_of_the_glass... 

		And_now_the_infant_with_its_cord 

		Is_hauled_in_like_a_kite... 

		With_one_eye_filled_with_blueprints 

		And_one_eye_filled_with_night..._Hmmm... 

 
 

5:		Oh_come_with_me_my_little_one 

		And_we_will_find_that_farm 

		And_grow_us_grass_and_apples_there 

		And_keep_all_the_animals_warm... 

		And_if_by_chance_I_wake_at_night 

		And_I_ask_you_who_I_am 

		Oh_then_take_me_to_the_slaughter-house 

		I_will_wait_there_with_the_lamb..._Hmmm... 

 
 

6:		With_one_hand_on_a_hexagram 

		And_one_hand_on_a_girl 

		I_balance_on_a_wishing-well 

		That_all_men_call_the_world... 

		We_are_so_small_between_the_stars; 

		So_large_against_the_sky... 

		And_lost_among_the_subway_crowds 

		I_try_to_catch_your_eye..._Hmmm... 

	 

 
 

This_has_been_one_of_my_favourite_Leonard_Cohen_songs_for_many_years._ 

I_saw_a_version_was_posted_on_this_site_already,_but_it_was_in_Em... 

this_version,_which_I_believe_is_perhaps_the_original_key,_is_in_Am. 

I_havent_tried_the_Em_version_yet,_but_Im_betting_this_version 

sounds_better..._Let_me_know_if_Im_right! 

 
 

If_the_chords_are_not_properly_lined_up,_its_because_the_typeface 

is_transcribed_when_I_submitted_it;_try_changing_the_typeface_to 

Arial_18_for_the_title,_and_Arial_10_for_the_rest_of_the_song... 

 
 


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