{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":64993,"song":"Story Of Isaac","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64993-story-of-isaac-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64993?type=chord","rating":4.92663,"votes":117,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nFrom: tgtchb@tc0.chem.tue.nl (Harold \"Bo\" Baur)\r\nSubject: CRD: Story of Isaac, Leonard Cohen.\r\n\r\nHere's one more of Leonard Cohen... not that anybody asked :-)\r\nBo.\r\n\r\nAlbum: Songs from a Room (1969)\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\n    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne-|------------------------------|\r\nB-|--1-------------1-------------|\r\nG-|-----2------2------2------2---|\r\nD-|-------2--2---2------2--2---2-| (...)\r\nA-|--0---------------------------|\r\nE-|------------------------------|\r\n     i  i t  t i t i  i t  t i i   \r\n     t     [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verses]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe door it opened slowly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nmy father he came in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was nine years old.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he stood so tall above me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nhis blue eyes they were shining[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand his voice was very cold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I've had a vision[/tab]\r\n\r\nand you know I'm strong and holy,\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI must do what I've been told.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSo he started up the mountain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI was running, he was walking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand his axe   was made of gold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, the trees they got much smaller,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe lake a lady's mirror,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwe stopped to drink some wine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen he threw the bottle over,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbroke a minute later[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand he put his hand on mine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThought I saw an eagle[/tab]\r\n\r\nbut it might have been a vulture,\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI never could decide.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThen my father built an altar,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nhe looked once behind his shoulder,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhe knew I would not   hide.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou who build the altars now[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nto sacrifice these children,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nyou must not do it anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA scheme is not a vision[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand you never have been tempted[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nby a demon   or a god.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou who stand above them now,[/tab]\r\n\r\nyour hatchets blunt and bloody,\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nyou were not there before,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nwhen I lay upon a mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nand my father's hand was trembling[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwith the beauty   of the word.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd if you call me brother now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nforgive me if I inquire,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Just according to whose plan?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen it all comes down to dust[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI will kill you if I must,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI will help you   if I can.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen it all comes down to dust[/tab]\r\n\r\nI will help you if I must,\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI will kill you if I can.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd mercy on our uniform,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nman of peace or man of war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe peacock spreads his fan.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nComments 'n stuff okay, reply to: tgtchb@chem.tue.nl","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nFrom: tgtchb@tc0.chem.tue.nl (Harold \"Bo\" Baur)\nSubject: CRD: Story of Isaac, Leonard Cohen.\n\nHere's one more of Leonard Cohen... not that anybody asked :-)\nBo.\n\nAlbum: Songs from a Room (1969)\n\n\n\n[Verses]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nand you know I'm strong and holy,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbut it might have been a vulture,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nyour hatchets blunt and bloody,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI will help you if I must,\n\n\n\n\n\n\nComments 'n stuff okay, reply to: tgtchb@chem.tue.nl","chords":["Am","B","G","D","A","E","F","C","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}