The Partisan Chords by Leonard Cohen

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