Biography:
Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and romantic relationships. Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.
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Other songs:
- Ain't No Cure For Love
- Aleluya
- Bird On A Wire
- Bird On The Wire
- Blessed Is The Memory
- Chelsea Hotel
- Chelsea Hotel #2
- Chelsea Hotel No 2
- Chelsea Hotel No. 2
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Diamonds In The Mine
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Hallelujah
- Halluejah
- Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye
- Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
- Last Years Man
- Passing Through
- Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
- Shrek - Aleluya (hallelujah)
- Slow
- Suzanne
- The Partisan
- If It Be Your Will
- So Long Marianne
- A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
- A Singer Must Die
- A Thousand Kisses Deep
- A Veterans Hallelujah
- Aint No Cure For Love
- Alexandra Leaving
- Almost Like The Blues
- Always
- Amen
- Anthem
- Avalanche
- Ballad Of The Absent Mare
- Banjo
- Boogie Street
- Born In Chains
- Chelsea Hotel 2
- Closing Time
- Come Healing
- Coming Back To You
- Crazy To Love You
- Death Of A Ladies Man
- Democracy
- Did I Ever Love You
- Dont Go Home With Your Hard
- Dress Rehearsal Rag
- Everybody Knows
- Field Commander Cohen
- First We Take Manhattan
- Going Home
- Heart With No Companion
- Hey Thats No Way
- Hey Thats No Way To Say Goodbye
- I Was Never Any Good At Loving You
- If I Didnt Have Your Love
- Im Your Man
- In My Secret Life
- Iodine
- Is This What You Wanted
- It Seemed The Better Way
- Joan Of Arc
- Lady Midnight
- Land Of Plenty
- Leaving Green Sleeves
- Leaving The Table
- Love Calls You By Your Name
- Lover Lover Lover
- Master Song
- Memories
- My Oh My
- Nevermind
- Night Comes On
- No Way To Say Goodbye
- On The Level
- One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
- Paper Thin Hotel
- Samson In New Orleans
- Seems So Long Ago
- Seems So Long Ago Nancy
- Show Me The Place
- Sing Another Song Boys
- Sisters Of Mercy
- Song Of Bernadette
- Songs From A Room
- Songs Of Leonard Cohen
- Steer Your Way
- Store Room
- Stories Of The Street
- Story Of Isaac
- Stranger Song
- Take This Longing
- Take This Waltz
- Teachers
- Tennessee Waltz
- That Dont Make It Junk
- The Butcher
- The Captain
- The Darkness
- The Future
- The Guests
- The Gypsy Wife
- The Old Revolution
- The Smokey Life
- The Stranger Song
- The Traitor
- The Window
- There Is War
- Theres No Reason Why You Should
- Tonight Will Be Fine
- Tower Of Song
- Treaty
- True Love Leaves No Traces
- Waiting For The Miracle
- Who By Fire
- Why Dont You Try
- Winter Lady
- You Got Me Singing
- You Have Loved Enough
- You Know Who I Am
- You Want It Darker
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Suggested pattern:
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 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 E Am Am / Am Am
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 / Am Am / Am Am
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 / Am Am / Am Am
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 E Am Am / Am Am
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 E Am Am / Am Am
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 Am Am / Am Am (arpeggio)
then we'll come from the shad-ows.
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 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 E Am Am / Am Am
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 / Am Am / Am Am
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 / Am Am / Am Am
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 E Am Am / Am Am
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 E Am Am / Am Am
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 Am Am / Am Am (arpeggio)
then we'll come from the shad-ows.
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