Leonard Cohen: The Partisan (La Complainte du Partisan)
(French text: Bernard, Music: Anna Marly,
English text: Hy Saret)
from the FB's "Songs from a room", "Greatest Hits" and
"Heart Housed in a Thorn Bush" (Live at Montreux, 1984)
the pattern I play I've learned from a friend (erwin). Its easier to play,
but may be there is a certain loss of quality.
erwins pattern
Fm F F
e|----------0---------------|-----------0---|-----------0--|
G|-------1-----1------------|--------1------|--------0-----|
B|----2-----------2-----2---|-----0---------|-----1--------|
B|-------------------2------|---------------|--------------|
F|-0------------------------|--3------------|--------------|
F|--------------------------|---------------|--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 F.
Cohen plays ?don't really know?
Fm F F
e|------------------------0----------|--------------------|-------------------|
G|------1--------1-----1-----------1-|--------1--------1--|--------0--------0-|
B|---2--------2-----2-----------2----|-----0--------0-----|-----1--------1----|
B|---------2-----------------2-------|-----------2--------|-----------2-------|
F|0----------------------------------|--3-----------------|--2----------------|
F|-----------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
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.
Fm Fm / Fm Fm
/F F FmWhen they poured a-cross the border
/F F FmI was cautioned to sur-render,
/F B /B (2/4)this I could not do;
C C /F F /Fm Fm/Fm Fm I took my gun and van-ished.
F F FmI have changed my name so often,
F F FmI've lost my wife and children
F B Bbut I have many fri-ends,
C C F F /Fm Fm/Fm Fm and some of them are with me.
F F FmAn old woman gave us shelter,
F F Fmkept us hidden in the garret,
F B Bthen the soldiers came;
C C F F Fm Fm/Fm Fm she died without a whis-per.
F F FmThere were three of us this morning Hier encor nous ‚tions troi
F F FmI'm the only one this evening Il ne reste plu que moi
F B Bbut I must go on; Et je tourne en rond
C C F F Fm Fm/Fm Fm the fron-tiers are my pri-son. Dans la prison des frontieres
F F FmOh, the wind, the wind is blowing, La vent passe sur les tombles
F F Fmthrough the graves the wind is blowing, La libert‚ reviendra
F B Bfreedom soon will come; Oh nous oubliera!
C C F F /Fm Fm/Fm Fm then we'll come from the shad-ows. Nous retrerons dans l'ombre.
F F FmLes Alle-mands ‚-taient chez moi, [The Germans were at my home
F F Fmons m'a dit: "Re-signe toi," They said, "Sign yourself,"
F B Bmais je n'ai pas peur; But I am not afraid
C C F F /Fm Fm/Fm Fm j'ai repris mon ѓr-me. I have retaken my weapon
F F FmJ'ai chan-g‚ cent fois de nom, I have changed names a hundred times
F F Fmj'ai per-du femme et en-fants I have lost wife and children
F B Bmais j'ai tant d'a-mis; But I have so many friends
C F F Fm Fm/Fm Fm j'ai la France en-tiЉre. I have all of France
F F FmUn vieil homme dans un gre-nier An old man, in an attic
F F Fmpour la nuit nous a ca-ch‚s, Hid us for the night
F B Bles Alle-mands l'ont prisent; The Germans captured him
C C F F Fm Fm/Fm Fm il est mort sans surpri-se. He died without surprise.]
F F FmOh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
F F Fmthrough the graves the wind is blowing,
F B Bfreedom soon will come;
C C F F Fm Fm/Fm Fm (appregio) then we'll come from the shad-ows.
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