The Partisan - Leonard Cohen
Tuning: , D G C F A D
Suggested pattern:
D|----------0-
A|-------1----
F|----2-------
C|------------
G|-0----------
D|------------
p i m a
--------------
-1------------
----2-----2---
-------2------
--------------
--------------
m i p i
|-----------0-
|--------1----
|-----0-------
|-------------
|--3----------
|-------------
p i m a
--|-----------
--|--------0--
--|-----1-----
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|--0--------
p i m
0--|
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|
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 :
D|------------
A|-------1----
F|----2-------
C|----------2-
G|-0----------
D|------------
p i m p
-------------0
----1-----1---
-2-----2------
--------------
--------------
--------------
i m p i m
----------|---
--------1-|---
-----2----|---
--2-------|---
----------|--3
----------|---
p i m e
-----------------|-------------------|
-----1--------1--|--------0--------0-|
--0--------0-----|-----1--------1----|
--------2--------|-----------2-------|
-----------------|--2----------------|
-----------------|-------------------|
tc.
There are twenty four notes (triplets) per bar, too much for my fingers.
/
/
When they pour
ed a-cross the
border
/
I was cautione
d to sur-rende
r,
/
this I could n
/ (
ot do;
I took my gu
/
n and van-ishe
/ /
d.
I have changed
my name so of
ten,
I've lost my w
ife and childr
en
but I have man
y fri-ends,
and some of
them are with
/ /
me.
An old woman g
ave us shelter
,
kept us hidden
in the garret
,
then the soldi
ers came;
she died w
ithout a whis-
/
per.
There were thr
ee of us this
morning
Hier encore no
us étions troi
s
I'm the only o
ne this evenin
g
Il ne reste pl
us que moi
but I must go
on;
Et je tourne e
n rond
the fron-tie
rs are my pri-
son.
/
Dans la prison
des frontière
s
Oh, the wind,
the wind is bl
owing,
La vent souffl
e sur les tomb
es
through the gr
aves the wind
is blowing,
La liberté rev
iendra
freedom soon w
ill come;
On nous oublie
ra !
then we'll c
ome from the s
/
had-ows.
/
Nous rentreron
s dans l'ombre
.
Les Alle-mands
é-taient chez
moi,
The Germans we
re at my home
ils me dirent:
"Ré-signe toi
,"
They said, "do
resign,"
mais je n'ai p
as peur;
But I am not a
fraid
j'ai repris
mon ar-me.
/ /
I have retaken
my weapon.
J'ai chan-gé c
ent fois de no
m,
I have changed
names a hundr
ed times
j'ai per-du fe
mme et en-fant
s
I have lost wi
fe and childre
n
mais j'ai tant
d'a-mis;
But I have so
many friends
j'ai la Fr
ance en-tière.
/
I have all of
France
Un vieil homme
dans un gre-n
ier
An old man, in
an attic
pour la nuit n
ous a ca-chés,
Hid us for the
night
les Alle-mands
l'ont pris;
The Germans ca
ptured him
il est mort
sans surpri-s
/
e.
He died withou
t surprise.
Oh, the wind,
the wind is bl
owing,
through the gr
aves the wind
is blowing,
freedom soon w
ill come;
then we'll
come from the
/ (
shad-ows.