Leonard Cohen – The Old Revolution (Guitar)

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Song: The Old Revolution Artist: Leonard Cohen Album: Songs from a Room
[Intro]
   E              E/B            E              E/B
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B|------9--9-9--9------9--9-9--9------9--9-9--9------9--9-9--9-|
G|------9--9-9--9------9--9-9--9------9--9-9--9------9--9-9--9-|
D|------9--9-9--9------9--9-9--9------9--9-9--9------9--9-9--9-|
A|-7-----------------------------7-----------------------------|
E|----------------7-----------------------------7--------------|
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| ↓↑ = strumming pattern [Verse 1]
E        A               E
I finally broke into the prison

B             B7           E     E7
   I found my place in the chain

A                    E             Am
   Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows

E
   All the brave young me

G#                           C#m
They're waiting now to see a signal

            A              F#m          B   B7
which some killer will be lighting for pay
[Chorus]
A                      E              Am
   Into this furnace I ask you now to venture

E             B      A          E
   You whom I cannot betray
[Verse 2]
E                A       E
I fought in the old revolution

        B           B7            E    E7
on the side of the ghost and the King

     A
Of course I was very young

         E                   Am
and I thought that we were winning

E                 G#                           C#m
  I can't pretend I still feel very much like singing

          A        F#    B   B7
as they carry the bodies away
[Chorus]
A                      E              Am
   Into this furnace I ask you now to venture

E             B      A          E
   You whom I cannot betray
[Verse 3]
  E             A          E
Lately you've started to stutter

     B              B7        E   E7
as though you had nothing to say

A                          E          Am
  To all of my architects let me be traitor

E                G#                 C#m
  Now let me say I myself gave the order

     A            F#           B      B7
To sweep and to search and to destroy
[Chorus]
A                      E              Am
   Into this furnace I ask you now to venture,

E             B      A          E
   You whom I cannot betray.
[Verse 4]
 E                 A         E
Yes, you who are broken by power

B               B7        E   E7
  You who are absent all day

A                            E                       Am
  You who are kings for the sake of your children's story

E                      G#                     C#m
The hand of your beggar is burdened down with money

A                   F#      B    B7
  The hand of your lover is clay
[Chorus]
A                      E              Am
   Into this furnace I ask you now to venture,

E             B      A          E
   You whom I cannot betray.