Leonard Cohen – Story Of Isaac (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] (Harold "Bo" Baur) Subject: CRD: Story of Isaac, Leonard Cohen. Here's one more of Leonard Cohen... not that anybody asked :-) Bo. Album: Songs from a Room (1969)

[Intro]
    Am
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D-|-------2--2---2------2--2---2-| (...)
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     i  i t  t i t i  i t  t i i   
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[Verses]

    Am             F
The door it opened slowly,

   Am             F
my father he came in,

      G    F     E
I was nine years old.

       Am              F
And he stood so tall above me,

    Am                  F
his blue eyes they were shining

        G         F    E
and his voice was very cold.

   C
He said, "I've had a vision

and you know I'm strong and holy,

       D       C         B
I must do what I've been told."

      F              Bb
So he started up the mountain,

      F               Bb
I was running, he was walking,

        F         G       A        Am
and his axe   was made of gold.

      Am                        F
Well, the trees they got much smaller,

    Am             F
the lake a lady's mirror,

     G          F         E
we stopped to drink some wine.

         Am                F
Then he threw the bottle over,

 Am             F
broke a minute later

        G       F       E
and he put his hand on mine.

  C
Thought I saw an eagle

but it might have been a vulture,

  D      C       B
I never could decide.

         F              Bb
Then my father built an altar,

          F                 Bb
he looked once behind his shoulder,

     F     G           A      Am
he knew I would not   hide.

Am                F
You who build the altars now

   Am                F
to sacrifice these children,

             G     F   E
you must not do it anymore.

    Am             F
A scheme is not a vision

        Am               F
and you never have been tempted

      G      F     E
by a demon   or a god.

C
You who stand above them now,

your hatchets blunt and bloody,

     D        C       B
you were not there before,

        F          Bb
when I lay upon a mountain

        F                 Bb
and my father's hand was trembling

          F       G       A     Am
with the beauty   of the word.

    Am               F
And if you call me brother now,

    Am             F
forgive me if I inquire,

         G      F         E
"Just according to whose plan?"

Am                 F
When it all comes down to dust

Am              F
I will kill you if I must,

        G         F     E
I will help you   if I can.

C
When it all comes down to dust

I will help you if I must,

        D       C     B
I will kill you if I can.

     F           Bb
And mercy on our uniform,

F               Bb
man of peace or man of war,

     F        G          A     Am
the peacock spreads his fan.

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