Leonard Cohen - The Old Revolution

song : the old revolution
artist : leonard cohen
album : the old revolution

probably one of cohen’s lesser known songs! a great one though!

strum E for a bit for the intro .

verse 1 :
E A E
i finally broke into the prison ,
B B7 E
i found my place in the chain .
A E Am
even damnation is poisoned with rainbows ,
E
all the brave young men
G#m C#m
they’re waiting now to see a signal
A F#
B7
which some killer will be lighting for pay .

chorus :
A E Am
into this furnace i ask you now to venture ,
E B E
you whom i cannot betray .

repeat these chords for the rest of the verses and chorus’ .

verse 2 :

i fought in the old revolution
on the side of the ghost and the king .
of course i was very young
and i thought that we were winning;
i can’t pretend i still feel very much like singing
as they carry the bodies away .

repeat chorus

verse 3 :

lately you’ve started to stutter
as though you had nothing to say .
to all of my architects let me be traitor .
now let me say i myself gave the order
to sleep and to search and to destroy .

repeat chorus

verse 4 :

yes , you who are broken by power ,
you who are absent all day ,
you who are kings for the sake of your children’s story ,
the hand of your beggar is burdened down with money ,
the hand of your lover is clay .

repeat chorus

and there you go! it’s pretty easy really . hope you enjoy! ultimate guitar always put my
weird . the chords move to the right i think . if it has happened again i’m sorry . the
are right so just work out the timing .