Story Of Isaac Chords by Leonard Cohen

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_ _ The door it opened slowly, _ my father he came in, I [Gm] was [C] nine years [E] old _ _ _ _ and [Am] he stood so tall
above me, _ _ _ blue eyes they were [F] shining _ [G] and his voice [F] was [Em] very [E] cold. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ Said I've had a vision, _ _ you know I'm strong and holy, _ [D] I must do [A] what I've [B] been told. _ _ _ _
So [F] we started [Ab] up [Bb] the mountain, [E] I [F] was running, _ [Ab] [Bb] he was walking [E] [F] and his axe _ [G] _ _
was made [A] of gold. _ _ _
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_ _ Well the trees they got much smaller, _ _ the lake, the lady's [F] mirror, _ [G] we [C] stopped to drink [E] some wine.
_ _ _ _ _ Then [Am] he threw the bottle over, _ _ _ broke a minute [F] later, _ [G] then he put his hand [E] on mine. _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ Thought I saw an eagle, _ but it might have been a vulture, _ [D] I never [A] could [B] decide.
_ _ _ _ Then [F] my father built [Bb] an altar, [E] he [F] looked once behind [Bb] his shoulder, _ [E] _
[F] _ he knew [G] I would not [A] _ hide. _ _ _ _ _
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_ You who build [F] the altars [Am] now to sacrifice _ [F] these children, you must [G] not do [C] it [E] anymore. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] A scheme is not a [F] vision, _ you never have been tempted [G] by a [F] demon [E] or a god. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ You who stand above them now, your hatchets blunt and bloody, _ [Dm] you were [A] not [B] there before. _ _
_ _ [D] When [F] I lay [Fm] upon [Bb] a mountain [E] and [F] my father's hand [Bb] was trembling _ [F] with the beauty _ _
[G] _ _ of [A] the word. _ _
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_ _ _ _ And if you call [F] me brother now, [Am] _ forgive me if I [F] inquire, _ [G] just according [C] to who's [E] plan. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ When it all [F] comes down to [Am] dust, _ I will kill [F] you if I must, [G] I will help [F] you [E] if I can. _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ When it all comes down to dust, I will help you if I must, I [D] will kill [A] you if [B] I can. _ _ _ _ _
[F] And mercy on [Bb] our uniform, [F] _
_ man of peace [Bb] or man of war, [F] _ the [G] peacock spreads [A] his fan. _ _ _ _ _ _
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