Lirik dan Chord Lagu First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Kanada, Leonard Cohen, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “First We Take Manhattan”.

Lagu bergenre pop tersebut dirilis pada 1988 melalui label rekaman Columbia Records.

“First We Take Manhattan” muncul dalam album studionya yang bertajuk I’m Your Man.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “First We Take Manhattan” dari Leonard Cohen:

Capo di fret ke-8

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
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For trying to change the system from within
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I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

[Verse 2]
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I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
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I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
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I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

[Chorus]
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I'd really like to live beside you, baby
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I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
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But you see that line there moving through the station
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I told you, I told you, told you I was one of those

[Verse 3]
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You loved me as a loser but now you're worried that I just might win
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You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline
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How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

[Verse 4]
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I don't like your fashion business, mister
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I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
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I don't like what happened to your sister
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

[Chorus]

[Verse 5]
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And I thank you for those items that you sent me
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The monkey end the plywood violin
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I practiced every night now I'm ready
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

[Verse 6]
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Remember me, I used to live for music
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Remember me, I brought your groceries in
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It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

[Outro]
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