A thousand kisses deep    (video)    (intro)

 

    Em - B7 - Em

 

                       Em                       B7                            Em

1. The ponies run, the girls are young, the odds are there to beat,

                      Em                         B7                     C

    you win a while, and then it's done, your little winning streak.

                                Am       B7                   - Em                       C

     And summoned now to deal with your            invincible defeat,

                         Am              B7    - C                      D         Em

    you live your life as if it's real,         a thousand kisses deep.  

 

                        Em                     B7                         Em

2. I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed, I’m back on Boogie Street,

                           Em                         B7                 C

    you lose your grip, and then you slip into the masterpiece.

                     Am                     B7    - Em                              C

    And maybe I had miles to drive,          and promises to keep,

                     Am              B7    - C                     D        Em

    you ditch it all to stay alive,        a thousand kisses deep.

 

 

3. Em - B7 - Em       - Em - B7 - C

 

                                Am                       B7 - Em                                     C

    And sometimes when the night is slow,      the wretched and the meek,

                    Am                         B7   - C                      D        Em

    we gather up our hearts and go,         a thousand kisses deep.

 

                        Em                         B7                   Em

4. Confined to sex, we pressed against the limits of the sea,

                        Em                      B7   - C

    I saw there were no oceans there          for scavengers like me.

                  Am                    B7    - Em                                       C

    I made it to the forward deck,          I blessed our remnant fleet,

                         Am                  B7         - C                     D        Em

    and then consented to be wrecked,       a thousand kisses deep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                      Em                       B7                         Em

5. I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed, I’m back on Boogie Street,

                         Em                           B7                            C

    I guess they won’t exchange the gifts that you were meant to keep.

                    Am                       B7  - Em                                  C

    And quiet is the thought of you,          the file on you complete,

                        Am               B7   - C                      D        Em

    except what we forgot to do,         a thousand kisses deep.

 

6. Em - B7 - Em       - Em - B7 - C

 

                                Am                       B7 - Em                                     C

    And sometimes when the night is slow,      the wretched and the meek,

                    Am                         B7   - C                      D        Em

    we gather up our hearts and go,         a thousand kisses deep.

 

                       Em                       B7                            Em

7. The ponies run, the girls are young, the odds are there to beat,

                      Em                         B7                     C

    you win a while, and then it's done, your little winning streak.

                                Am       B7                   - Em                       C

     And summoned now to deal with your            invincible defeat,

                         Am              B7    - C                      D         Em

    you live your life as if it's real,         a thousand kisses deep.  

 

+ Em - B7 - Em       - Em - B7 - C ….

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Leonard Cohen)