songbook/songs/leonard_cohen/the_old_revolution.sg

\selectlanguage{english}
\songcolumns{2}
\beginsong{The old revolution}
  [by={Leonard Cohen},cover={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#}{2:022100}
  \gtab{B7}{2:X02020}

  \begin{verse}
    \[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]
  \end{verse}

  \begin{chorus}
    \[A] Into this furnace I \[E]ask you now to \[Am]venture
    \[E]You whom I \[B7]cannot be\[A]tray \[A E]
  \end{chorus}

  \begin{repeatedchords}
    \begin{verse}
      \[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]
    \end{verse}

    \begin{verse}
      \[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]
    \end{verse}

    \begin{verse}
      \[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]
    \end{verse}
  \end{repeatedchords}

\endsong