Leonard Cohen

Anthem

Leonard Cohen


Tom: Ab

[Intro] Am  G4  G

          C
The birds they sang

At the break of day
      G
Start again
             C    C7
I heard them say
      E7
Don't dwell on what
    Am
Has passed away
        G4        G  G4  G
Or what is yet to be

           C
Yeah the wars they will

Be fought again
         G
The holy dove
            C            C7
She will be caught again
    E7
Bought and sold
    Am
And bought again
             G4      G  G4  G
The dove is never free

         F           Bb       F
Ring the bells that still can ring
            Bb      F
Forget your perfect offering
           C         Bb      F
There is a crack, a crack in everything
                Dm           G4  G  G4  G
That's how the light gets in

       C
We asked for signs

The signs were sent
          G
The birth betrayed
             C     C7
The marriage spent
     E7
Yeah the widowhood
         Am
Of every government
          G4      G  G4  G
Signs for all to see

      C
I can't run no more

With that lawless crowd
             G
While the killers in high places
          C                C7
Say their prayers out loud
            E7
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
   Am
A thundercloud
                     G4       G  G4  G
And they're going to hear from me

[Refrão]

         F          Bb    F
Ring the bells that still ring
            Bb      F
Forget your perfect offering
           C         Bb      F
There is a crack, a crack in everything
              Dm            G4  G  G4  G
That's how the light gets in

          C
You can add up the parts

You won't have the sum
        G
You can strike up the march
            C     C7
There is no drum
      E7
Every heart, every heart
   Am
To love will come
           G4   G  G4  G
But like a refugee

         F           Bb       F
Ring the bells that still can ring
            Bb         F
Forget your perfect offering
           C         Bb      F
There is a crack, a crack in everything
             Dm            G4  G  G4  G
That's how the light gets in

         F           Bb       F
Ring the bells that still can ring
            Bb       F
Forget your perfect offering
          C         Bb      F
There is a crack, a crack in everything
              Dm
That's how the light gets in
               G4
That's how the light gets in
               G        G4    G
That's how the light gets in