\selectlanguage{english}
\songcolumns{2}
\beginsong{The Old Revolution}
  [by=Leonard Cohen,cov=songs-from-a-room,album=Songs from a Room]

  \cover
  \gtab{E}{022100}
  \gtab{A}{X02220}
  \gtab{B}{2:X02220}
  \gtab{E7}{020100}
  \gtab{Am}{X02210}
  \gtab{G#}{4:022100}
  \gtab{C#m}{4:X02210}
  \gtab{F#}{2:X22100}
  \gtab{B7}{2:X02020}

  \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

  \begin{repeatedchords}
  \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
  \end{repeatedchords}

\endsong