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Take This Longing

Biography:

Judy Collins (born Judith Marjorie Collins on May 1, 1939, in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter known for the eclectic range of material she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, and rock and roll, as well as and standards) and for her social activism. Beginning in 1959, she was drawn to the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and the traditional songs of the folk revival of the early 1960s. In 1968 she was awarded a Grammy for "Both Sides Now".

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Judy Collins - Take This Longing

[Intro]
F

[Verse 1]
C
Many men have loved the bells
F C
You fastened to the rein
Am Dm
And everyone who wanted you
Am G F G
They found what they will always want again
Bm Em
Your beauty lost to you yourself
Bm Em
Just as it was to them

[Chorus]
C G
Oh, take this longing from my heart
C G
All the useless things these hands have done
C G Bm
And let me see your beauty broken down___
C G
Like you would do for one you love

[Verse 2]
F C
Your body like a searchlight
F C
My own poverty revealed
Am Dm
I would like to try your charity
Am G F G
Until you cry, "Now you must try my greed"
Bm Em
And everything depends upon
Bm Em
How near you sleep to me

[Chorus]
C G
Oh, take this longing from my heart
C G
All the useless things these hands have done
C G Bm
And let me see your beauty broken down___
C G
Like you would do for one you love

[Verse 3]
F C
As hungry as an archway
F C
Through which the troops have passed
Am Dm
I stand in ruins behind you
Am G F G
With your winter clothes and your broken sandal straps
Bm Em
I love to see you naked over there
Bm Em
Especially from the back

[Chorus]
C G
Take this longing from my heart
C G
All the lonely things these hands have done
C G Bm
Untie my blue silk blouse__
C G F C G
As you would do for one you love

[Verse 4]
F C
Oh, you're faithful to my better self
F C
I'm afraid that she left
Am Dm
Let me judge your love affair
Am G F G
In this very room where you sentenced mine to death
Bm Em
Look, I'll even wear these old laurel leaves
Bm Em
That you've shaken from your head

[Chorus]
C G
Take this longing from my heart
C G
All the lonely things these hands have done
C G Bm
Let me see your beauty broken down___
C G C
Like you would do for one you love
G
Like you would do for one you love