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The Partisan by Leonard Cohen - Guitar Chords

Artist Leonard Cohen How to play the guitar chord Am.jpg How to play the guitar chord C.jpg How to play the guitar chord E.jpg How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord F.jpg

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            Suggested pattern:

   Am                          C                E 
D|----------0---------------|-----------0---|-----------0--|
A|-------1-----1------------|--------1------|--------0-----|
F|----2-----------2-----2---|-----0---------|-----1--------|
C|-------------------2------|---------------|--------------|
G|-0------------------------|--3------------|--------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------|--0-----------|
   p  i  m  a  m  i  p  i      p  i  m  a      p  i  m  a

The pattern is played two times per bar (indicated by / in first verse).
In the first and second line of every verse there are three chords per bar
and I play the pattern C and E.

Cohen plays - don't really know :

    Am                                  C                     E
D|-------------------------0----------|--------------------|-------------------|
A|-------1--------1-----1-----------1-|--------1--------1--|--------0--------0-|
F|----2--------2-----2-----------2----|-----0--------0-----|-----1--------1----|
C|----------2-----------------2-------|-----------2--------|-----------2-------|
G|-0----------------------------------|--3-----------------|--2----------------|
D|------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
   p  i  m  p  i  m  p  i  m  p  i  m    etc.

There are twenty four notes (triplets) per bar, too much for my fingers.

Am  Am  / Am   Am

        / C        E         Am
When they poured a-cross the border
    / C         E      Am
I was cautioned to sur-render,
     / C         G   / G (2/4)
this I could not do;
F           F         / C       E  / Am  Am / Am  Am
  I took my gun and van-ished.

       C          E       Am
I have changed my name so often,
     C       E        Am
I've lost my wife and children
           C        G       G
but I have many fri-ends,
F           F                C    E / Am  Am / Am Am
   and some of them are with me.

       C     E       Am
An old woman gave us shelter,
        C      E      Am
kept us hidden in the garret,
         C        G      G
then the soldiers came;
F            F              C     E Am Am / Am Am
    she died without a whis-per.

           C        E       Am
There were three of us this morning                     Hier encore nous étions trois
        C    E        Am
I'm the only one this evening                           Il ne reste plus que moi
      C       G     G
but I must go on;                                       Et je tourne en rond
F            F                C   E Am Am / Am Am
  the fron-tiers are my pri-son.                        Dans la prison des frontières

        C         E       Am
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,                      La vent souffle sur les tombes
            C          E       Am
through the graves the wind is blowing,                 La liberté reviendra
        C         G        G
freedom soon will come;                                 On nous oubliera !
F              F                C  E / Am Am / Am Am
  then we'll come from the shad-ows.                    Nous rentrerons dans l'ombre.

         C       E           Am
Les Alle-mands é-taient chez moi,                       The Germans were at my home
       C           E     Am
ils me dirent: "Ré-signe toi,"                          They said, "do resign,"
        C        G    G
mais je n'ai pas peur;                                  But I am not afraid
F       F             C   E / Am Am / Am Am
   j'ai repris mon ar-me.                               I have retaken my weapon.

          C       E       Am
J'ai chan-gé cent fois de nom,                          I have changed names a hundred times
         C        E     Am
j'ai per-du femme et en-fants                           I have lost wife and children
          C        G       G
mais j'ai tant d'a-mis;                                 But I have so many friends
F                     C   E Am Am / Am Am
    j'ai la France en-tière.                            I have all of France

         C          E      Am
Un vieil homme dans un gre-nier                         An old man, in an attic
        C         E    Am
pour la nuit nous a ca-chés,                            Hid us for the night
         C           G     G
les Alle-mands l'ont pris;                              The Germans captured him
F         F                C  E Am Am / Am Am
   il est mort sans surpri-se.                          He died without surprise.

        C         E       Am
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
            C          E       Am
through the graves the wind is blowing,
        C         G        G
freedom soon will come;
F              F                  C      E   Am Am / Am Am (arpeggio)
    then we'll come from the shad-ows. 
        

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