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Seems So Long Ago, Nancy

by Leonard Cohen

SEEMS SO LONG AGO, NANCY Leonard Cohen Bm F# Bm ¾ It ||: seems ss so | long gg g^a | go oo oo | /// | ||: seems ss so | long gg g^a | go oo oo | /// | ||: seems ss so | long gg g^a | go oo oo | /// | ||: now ww you | look kk k^a | round you uu | /// | F#m C#m F#m | // Nancy | was ss s^a | lone ee ee | /// | | // none^of | us ss s^were | strong gg gg | /// | | // Nancy | was ss s^a | lone ee ee | /// | | // see | her rr every | where ee ee | /// | A Bm | // Looking | at tt t^the | Late^Late ee Show | / thru^a a | | // Nancy | wore ee e^green | stock ings ss | / and she | | / her forty | five ee e^be | side^her head dd | // an | | // many | use ee e^her | bo dy yy | / ma ny | A E A | / semi ii | precious ss ss | stone ee ee | /// | | / slept tt | with ev ery | one ee ee | /// | | / open nn | te ee le | phone ee ee | /// | | / comb bb | bb bb her | hair rr rr | /// | C# F#m | // In^the | House of ff | Honest y yy | // her | | // She^nev | er^said she'd dd | wait for us | // al | | // We^told | her she was | beauti ful ll | // we | | // In^the | hollow ww of | the night tt | // when | D A | fa ther rr | was on nn | trial ll ll | /// | | though she ee | was ss a | lone ee ee | /// | | told her rr | she was ss | free ee ee | /// | | you are ee | cold dd and | numb bb bb | /// | E F#m | // In^the | House of ff | Myste ry yy | // there | | // I^think | she fell in | love for us | // in | | // but^none | of us would | meet her in | // the | | // you^hear | her talk ing | free ly then | /// shes | C# D | was ss no | one ee at | all ll ll | // there | | nine ee teen | six xx ty | one ee ee | // in | | House of ff | Mys ss te | ry yy yy | // in | | hap py yy | that tt you've | come ee ee | // shes | A E F#m 1. | was ss no | one ee at | all ll ll | /// | /// | // It :|| 2. | nine ee teen | six xx ty | one ee ee | /// | /// | // It :|| 3. | the House of | Mys ss te | ry yy yy | /// | /// | // And :|| A E F#m Bm F#m 4. | hap py yy | that tt you've | come ee ee | /// | /// | /// ||

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