Chords for Leonard Cohen - The Story of Isaac (Live at the BBC, 1966.)
Tempo:
137.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] There's a story in the Bible about Isaac, how his father summoned him to go and
how his father built an altar there
been commanded to offer up his son and
an angel held the hand of the father but today
children are being sacrificed and no one
a hand to end the sacrifice and this is what this song is about
door it opened slowly and my father he came in [G] I was nine [E] years old
[Am] he stood so tall above me and his blue eyes
how his father built an altar there
been commanded to offer up his son and
an angel held the hand of the father but today
children are being sacrificed and no one
a hand to end the sacrifice and this is what this song is about
door it opened slowly and my father he came in [G] I was nine [E] years old
[Am] he stood so tall above me and his blue eyes
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ There's a story in the Bible about Isaac, how his father summoned him to go _ and
Climb a mountain and how his father built an altar there
_ _ after he had been commanded to offer up his son _ and
Just at the last moment before I was about to sacrifice Isaac an angel held the hand of the father _ but today
_ The children are being sacrificed and no one
_ Raises a hand to end the sacrifice and this is what this song is about
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ door it opened slowly and my father he came in [G] I was nine [E] years old
_ _ _ And [Am] he stood so tall above me and his blue eyes
They were shining and [G] his [C] voice was [E] very cold
_ He _ _ [G] [C] said I've had a vision
_ You know, I'm strong and holy I [G] must do what I've [B] been told _
So _ [G] he [F] started up [Ab]
[C] the mountain I [F] was running
[Bb] He was walking [Ab] and [F] his axe
_ [G] was made [A] of gold _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You who build the altars now [A] to sacrifice these children you [G] must not do [C] it
[G] [E] anymore
_ _ _ _ For [A] you have not had the vision and you never have [Am] been
tempted [G] by the [Ab] devil or [E] the Lord _ _ _ _
[C] Yes, you who stand above them now your hatchets blunt and bloody.
Oh you [D] were [C] not [B] there before
_ When [G] _
I [F] lay [Ab] [Bb] upon a mountain [Fm] and my [F] father's [Ab] hand [Bb] was trembling [Ab]
with [F] the
_ [G] _ Beauty of the [A] word
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And if you call me brother now
Forgive me if I wonder [G] just according [A] to whose [E] plan _ _ _ _ _
[Am] When it all comes down to dust I will kill you if I [Em] must I will [G] help [Ab] you if [E] I can _ _ _ _
_ [C] And may I never need to scorn the body out of chaos torn [D] the woman [C] [B] and the man
_ and _ _ [A] mercy [Fm] on [Bb] our
uniform _ [Fm] [F] the man of [Ab] peace the [Bb] man of [Ab] war
[F] _ the [G] peacock _ spreads [A] his fan _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [N] _
Climb a mountain and how his father built an altar there
_ _ after he had been commanded to offer up his son _ and
Just at the last moment before I was about to sacrifice Isaac an angel held the hand of the father _ but today
_ The children are being sacrificed and no one
_ Raises a hand to end the sacrifice and this is what this song is about
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ door it opened slowly and my father he came in [G] I was nine [E] years old
_ _ _ And [Am] he stood so tall above me and his blue eyes
They were shining and [G] his [C] voice was [E] very cold
_ He _ _ [G] [C] said I've had a vision
_ You know, I'm strong and holy I [G] must do what I've [B] been told _
So _ [G] he [F] started up [Ab]
[C] the mountain I [F] was running
[Bb] He was walking [Ab] and [F] his axe
_ [G] was made [A] of gold _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You who build the altars now [A] to sacrifice these children you [G] must not do [C] it
[G] [E] anymore
_ _ _ _ For [A] you have not had the vision and you never have [Am] been
tempted [G] by the [Ab] devil or [E] the Lord _ _ _ _
[C] Yes, you who stand above them now your hatchets blunt and bloody.
Oh you [D] were [C] not [B] there before
_ When [G] _
I [F] lay [Ab] [Bb] upon a mountain [Fm] and my [F] father's [Ab] hand [Bb] was trembling [Ab]
with [F] the
_ [G] _ Beauty of the [A] word
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And if you call me brother now
Forgive me if I wonder [G] just according [A] to whose [E] plan _ _ _ _ _
[Am] When it all comes down to dust I will kill you if I [Em] must I will [G] help [Ab] you if [E] I can _ _ _ _
_ [C] And may I never need to scorn the body out of chaos torn [D] the woman [C] [B] and the man
_ and _ _ [A] mercy [Fm] on [Bb] our
uniform _ [Fm] [F] the man of [Ab] peace the [Bb] man of [Ab] war
[F] _ the [G] peacock _ spreads [A] his fan _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [N] _
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