The Guests
(Em)One by one, (D)the guests arrive (C)the guests are coming (D)through (Em)The open-hearted (D)many (C)the broken-hearted (D)few And (A)no one knows where the (D)night is going And (A)no one knows why the (D)wine is flowing (C)Oh love I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you (E)Oh..........I need you (A)now (Em)And those who dance (D)begin to dance (C)those who weep (D)begin (Em)And welcome, welcome (D)cries a voice (C)let all my guests (D)come in And (A)no one knows where the (D)night is going And (A)no one knows why the (D)wine is flowing (C)Oh love I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you (E)Oh..........I need you (A)now (Em)And all go stumbling (D)through that house (C)in lonely secre(D)cy (Em)Saying "do reveal your(D)self or (C)why has thou for(D)saken me? And (A)no one knows where the (D)night is going And (A)no one knows why the (D)wine is flowing (C)Oh love I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you (E)Oh..........I need you (A)now (Em)All at once, (D)the torches flare (C)the inner door flies (D)open (E)One by one, (D)they enter there (C)in every style of (D)passion And (A)no one knows where the (D)night is going And (A)no one knows why the (D)wine is flowing (C)Oh love I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you (E)Oh..........I need you (A)now (Em)And here they take their (D)sweet repast (C)while house and grounds (D)dissolve (Em)And one by one the (D)guests are cast (C)beyond the garden (D)wall And (A)no one knows where the (D)night is going And (A)no one knows why the (D)wine is flowing (C)Oh love I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you (E)Oh..........I need you (A)now (Em)And those who dance, (D)begin to dance (C)those who weep (D)begin (Em)Those who earnestly are (D)lost are (C)lost and lost a(D)gain And (A)no one knows where the (D)night is going And (A)no one knows why the (D)wine is flowing ((C)Oh love I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you (E)Oh..........I need you (A)now (Em)One by one, (D)the guests arrive (C)the guests are coming (D)through (Em)The open-hearted (D)many (C)the broken-hearted (D)few And (A)no one knows where the (D)night is going And (A)no one knows why the (D)wine is flowing (C)Oh love I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you I (Csus4)need (C)you, I (Csus4)need (C)you (E)Oh..........I need you (A)now (Em)(D)(C)(D) (Em)(D)(C)(D) (A)(D)(A)(D) (C)(Csus4)(C)(Csus4)(C)(Csus4)(C)(Csus4)(C) (E)(A) (Csus4)033010
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Leer de akkoorden van "The Guests" van Leonard Cohen op Gitaartabs. Dit folk-nummer uit 1979 van het album Recent Songs biedt je een toegankelijke kennismaking met Cohens subtiele gitaarwerk. De rustige, meditatieve gitaarstijl maakt dit nummer geschikt voor wie zijn diepe lyrische traditie wil verkennen.
Het nummer werkt met de akkoorden C, D, Csus4, A, Em en E, gepresenteerd in een akkoord-format zodat je gemakkelijk mee kunt spelen. Geen extreme technische eisen — je bent eerder bezig met voelen dan virtuositeit. Pak je gitaar en ontdek hoe je deze Cohen-klassieker stapje voor stapje onder de vingers krijgt.
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Wissel oefenen: A ↔ C
Speel elk akkoord 4 tellen, dan 2, dan 1 — met de metronoom op 60-70 bpm. Voer het tempo pas op als de wissel schoon en op tijd is.
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