The Partisan Chords by Leonard Cohen

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_ When they poured across the border I was [Gbm] cautioned [G] to surrender, [Bb] this I [C] could [F] not do.
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I took my gun [Fm] [Bb] and vanished.
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_ [Bb] I have changed [A] my name [G] so often.
_ [Bb] I've lost [A] my [G] wife and children, [Bb] but I've [F] many friends.
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And some of them [Bb] are with me.
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An [Bb] old woman gave [Gm] us shelter, [Bb] kept us hidden [A] [G] in the garret.
[Bb] Then the [F] soldiers came.
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She died [Am] without [Bb] a whisper.
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[Bb] There were [A] three of us [Gm] this morning.
I'm the only [A] one [G] this evening, [Bb] but I [F] must go on.
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The frontiers are [F] [Bb] my prison.
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_ [Bb] Oh, the wind, the [F] wind [Gm] is blowing.
[Bb] Through the graves [F] the [Gm] wind is blowing.
_ [Bb] Freedom [Fm] soon will [F] come.
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Then we'll come [Am] from [Bb] the shadow.
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_ [Bb] My friends were [Gm] at my place.
[Bb] They told me [D] [Gm] about you, but [Bb] I was [F] not afraid.
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I took my [Bb]
gun _ [D] and _ [Gm] _
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[Bb] _ _ changed [G] my name so often.
[Bb] I've lost [Gm] my wife and children, [Bb] but I've many [F]
friends.
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I have a voice [F] [Bb] without a voice.
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_ [Dm] An old man in [Gm] a garret, kept us hidden at night.
_ [Bb] The Germans [F] took him.
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He died [D] without [Bb] a whisper.
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_ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] the wind, the [A] wind [Gm] is blowing.
[Bb] Through the graves [Gbm] the [G] wind is blowing.
[Bb] Freedom soon [F] will come. _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ Then we'll come from the [Bb] shadow.
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