Field Commander Cohen Chords

Capo 5th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Field Commander Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony

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Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy.

Wounded in the line of duty,

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parachuting acid into diplomatic cocktail parties,

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urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles.

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Leave it all and like a man,

 cA♯ome back to nothiDmng special,

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 sAmuch as waiting rooms and ticket lines,

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  Amsilver bullet suicides,

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 aAmnd messianic ocean tides,

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 aAmnd racial roller-coaster rides

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 aAnd other forms of boredom advertised as poetry.

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  Bm I know you need your sleDep now,

  A I know your life's been hard.

  Bm But many men are falDling,

 wAhere you promised to stand guard.

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I never asked but I heard you cast your lot along with the poor.

But then I overheard your prayer,

that you be this and nothing more

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than just some grateful faithful woman's favourite singing

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millionaire,

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the patron Saint of envy and the grocer of despair,

 wEorking for the Yankee DolAlar.

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 IBm know you need your sleep now ...