Always chords

Leonard Cohen

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Simplify chords 

  			
Intro: F     F/C    F    Dm7 Fm6/C 

F                                Dm7 Fm6/C F 
Oh friends... don't matter if you're a man or a woman 
F           Dm7         Fm6/C      F                              Dm7        Fm6/C   F 
If you're in love with somebody, these are the words that you gotta learn to say 
F 
Now listen carefully 
            Dm7   Fm6/C  F     F/C   F  F7   Fm6/C  Bb 
Here it comes... 

F               Dm7 Fm6/C F      F7/A  Bbsus4 
I'll be loving you always 
C                     Dm7 C F     Dm7  Fm6/C 
With a love that's true, always 
F                             G7  A 
When the thing you've planned 
A                     F#   E 
Needs my helping hand 
E                     A   D7  G   Fm6/C   Dm7 
I will understand, always, always 

F                  Dm7 Fm6/C F 
Days may not be fair, always 
F E7 Eb   D                            Gm      Gm/D    Gm    Bb 
Yeah but that's when I'll be there, always 
Bb               Bbm   F 
Not for just an hour 
F              G7  Gm 
Not for just a day 
Gm             C Gm11 Bb F 
Not for just a year, always 

F                            Dm7 Fm6/C F    
I said that I'll be loving you, always 
                  C                      Dm C   F      Dm7  Fm6/C 
With a love that's true, a love that's true, always 
F                            G7 
When the thing you've planned 
A         
Needs my helping hand 
   E                          A   D7   G   C 
I will, I will understand, always, always 

F      F/C       F       F/C 
F      F/C       F       E7   Eb 
D      D/A       D       D/A 
Gm     Gm/D      Gm      Gm/D 
B      Bb/F      Bbm 
F      F/C       G7 
Gm               C 
F 

     F 
The days may not be fair, always 
F E7 Eb    D                           Gm 
Yeah but that's when I'll be there, always 
Bb                           Bbm 
Not for just a second, or a minute, or an hour 
 F                             G7 
Not for just a weekend and a shake down in the shower 
 Gm                              C 
Not for just the summer and the winter going sour 
    F 
But always, always, always 

F      F/C       F      Dm7   Fm6/C 
F      F/C       F      Dm7   Fm6/C 
F      F/C       F      Dm7   Fm6/C 

F 
Ok if you don't want to quit, let's try it one more time... 

F      F/C       F      Dm7   Fm6/C 

F               Dm7 Fm6/C F      F7/A   Bbsus4 
I'll be loving you, always 
C                   Dm7 C F     Dm7  Fm6/C 
With a love that's true, always 
F                                A 
When the thing you've planned 
A 
Needs my helping hand 
              E                              A   D7      G    C 
I will understand, I will, I will understand, always, always 

F 
The days may not be fair, always... don't worry, baby 
            D             Gm 
That's when I'll be there, always 
Bb               Bbm 
Not for just an hour 
F               G7 
Not for just a day 
Gm              C              F 
Not for just a year, but always...