The Guests

The Guests / Leonard Cohen/

The Verse is done in the C shape:

E x76050

D x54030

C x32010

Intro: E

Verse 1:

E D C D

One by one, the guests arrive, the guests are coming through

E D C D

The open-hearted many, the broken-hearted few

Chorus 1:

A D

And no one knows where the night is going

A D

And no one knows why the wine is flowing

C

Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you

E A

Oh..........I need you now

Verse 2:

E D C D

And those who dance, begin to dance, those who weep begin

E D C D

And "welcome, welcome" cries a voice "let all my guests come in."

Chorus 2:

A D

And no one knows where the night is going

A D

And no one knows why the wine is flowing

C

Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you

E A

Oh..........I need you now

Verse 3:

E D C D

And all go stumbling through that house, in lonely secrecy

E D C D

Saying "do reveal yourself", or "why has thou forsaken me? "

Chorus 3:

A D

And no one knows where the night is going

A D

And no one knows why the wine is flowing

C

Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you

E A

Oh..........I need you now

Verse 4:

E D C D

All at once, the torches flare, the inner door flies open

E D C D

One by one, they enter there, in every style of passion

Chorus 4:

A D

And no one knows where the night is going

A D

And no one knows why the wine is flowing

C

Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you

E A

Oh..........I need you now

Verse 5:

E D C D

And here they take their sweet repast, while house and grounds dissolve

E D C D

And one by one the guests are cast, beyond the garden wall

Chorus 5:

A D

And no one knows where the night is going

A D

And no one knows why the wine is flowing

C

Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you

E A

Oh..........I need you now

Verse 6:

E D C D

And those who dance, begin to dance, those who weep begin

E D C D

Those who earnestly are lost, are lost and lost again

Chorus 6:

A D

And no one knows where the night is going