Love Itself

Leonard Cohen

Key

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C F F/G

Verse 1

C F F/G

The light came through the window,

C F F/G

straight from the sun above,

Dm7 G Dm7 G C

and so inside my little room there plunged the rays of love.

Verse 2

C F F/G

In streams of light I clearly saw,

C F F/G

the dust you seldom see,

Dm7 G Dm7 G C

out of which the nameless makes, a name for one like me.

Chorus

F G C F

I'll try to say a little more, love went on and on

Dm7 E F G C C

until it reached an open door then love itself, love itself was gone.

Verse 3

C F F/G

All busy in the sunlight,

C F F/G

the flecks did float and dance;

Dm7 G Dm7 G C

and I was tumbled up with them in formless circumstance.

Chorus

F G C F

I'll try to say a little more, love went on and on

Dm7 E F G C C

until it reached an open door then love itself, love itself was gone.

Bridge

F G Am Am

Then I came back from where I'd been, my room, it looked the same;

Dsus4 D Gsus4 G

but there was nothing left between the nameless and the name.

Verse 3

(Reprise)

C F F/G

All busy in the sunlight,

C F F/G

the flecks did float and dance;

Dm7 G Dm7 G C

and I was tumbled up with them in formless circumstance.

Chorus

F G C F

I'll try to say a little more, love went on and on

Dm7 E F G C C

until it reached an open door then love itself, love itself was gone.

F G C F F/G C F F/G C

Love itself, love itself was gone.

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