diff --git a/songs/Leonard_Cohen/The_old_revolution.sg b/songs/Leonard_Cohen/The_old_revolution.sg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ade3771b --- /dev/null +++ b/songs/Leonard_Cohen/The_old_revolution.sg @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +\selectlanguage{english} +\songcolumns{2} +\beginsong{The Old Revolution} + [by=Leonard Cohen,cov=songs-from-a-room,album=Songs from a Room] + + \cover + + \beginverse* + \musicnote{Intro : \nolyrics \[E]} + \endverse + + \beginverse + \[E] I finally \[A] broke into the \[E]prison, + \[B] I found my place in the \[E]chain; \[E7] + \[A] Even damnation is \[E]poisoned with \[Am]rainbows; + \[E] All the brave young men, + \[G#] They're waiting now to see a sig\[C#m]nal + Which some \[A]killer will be \[F#]lighting for \[B]pay. \[B7] + \endverse + + \beginchorus + \[A] Into this furnace I \[E]ask you now to \[Am]venture, + \[E]You whom I \[B7]cannot be\[A]tray. \[A E] + \endchorus + + \beginverse + \[E] I fought in the \[A]old revo\[E]lution + \[B] On the side of the ghost and the \[E]King. \[E7] + \[A] Of course I was very young and I \[E]thought that we were \[Am]winning; + \[E] I can't pretend + \[G#] I still feel very much like sin\[C#m]ging + As they \[A]carry the \[F#]bodies a\[B]way. \[B7] + \endverse + + \beginverse + \[E] Lately you've \[A]started to \[E]stutter + \[B] As though you had nothing to \[E]say. \[E7] + \[A] To all of my architects \[E]{let me} be \[Am]traitor. + \[E] Now let me say + \[G#] I myself gave the or\[C#m]der + To \[A]sleep and to \[F#]search and to des\[B]troy. \[B7] + \endverse + + \beginverse + \[E] Yes, you who are \[A]broken by \[E]power, + \[B] You who are absent all \[E]day, \[E7] + \[A] You who are kings for the sake of your \[E]children's \[Am]story, + \[E] The hand of your beggar + \[G#] Is burdened down with mo\[C#m]ney, + The \[A]hand of your \[F#]lover is \[B]clay. \[B7] + \endverse + +\endsong