Leonard Cohen

The Partisan

Leonard Cohen


Tom: C


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

 There are twentyfour notes (triplets) per bar, to 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 encor nous ?tions troi
        C    E        Am
I'm the only one this evening                    Il ne reste plu 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 frontieres

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

         C       E           Am
Les Allemands étaient chez moi,      [The Germans were at my home
        C        E     Am
ons m'a dit: "Resigne-toi,"            They said, "Sign yourself,"
        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 arme.                  I have retaken my weapon.

          C       E       Am
J'ai changé cent fois de nom,         I have changed names a hundred times
         C        E     Am
j'ai perdu femme et enfants            I have lost wife and children
          C        G       G
mais j'ai tant d'amis;                     But I have so many friends
F                     C   E Am Am/Am Am
    j'ai la France entière.                  I have all of France

         C          E      Am
Un vieil homme dans un grenier               An old man, in an attic
        C         E    Am
pour la nuit nous a cachés,                  Hid us for the night
         C           G     G
les Allemands l'ont pris;                     The Germans captured him
F         F                C  E Am Am/Am Am
   il est mort sans surprise.                  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 (appregio)
    then we'll come from the shad-ows.

Improvements welcome! Adi.H