The Partisan

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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.
AmAm 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 AmAm AmAm
/ / /
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 AmAm AmAm
/ /
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 EAmAm AmAm
/
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 EAmAm AmAm
/
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 AmAm AmAm
/ /
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 AmAm AmAm
/ /
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 EAmAm AmAm
/
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 EAmAm AmAm
/
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 AmAm AmAm
/ (arpeggio)
then we'll come from the shad-ows.

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Suggested pattern:
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 :
There are twenty four notes (triplets) per bar, too much for my fingers.
Am  Am  / Am   Am

The Partisan Chords by Leonard Cohen

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