Capo I

Anthem

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: The Future (1992)

Am G C
The birds they sang - At the break of day.
G C C7
Start again - I heard them say.
E7 Am
Don't dwell - On what has passed away,
G Gsus4 G5 G7 G
Or what is yet to be.
 
The wars, - They will be fought again. 
The holy dove - She will be caught again. 
Bought and sold, And bought again; 
The dove is never free. 
G F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering.
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack, in everything;
Dm G Gsus4 G Am G
That's how the light gets in.
 
We asked for signs - The signs were sent. 
The birth betrayed - The marriage spent. 
Yeah, the widowhood - Of every government: 
Signs for all to see. 
 
I can't run no more - With that lawless crowd, 
While the killers in high places - Say their prayers out loud. 
But they've summed up, they've summed up - A big thundercloud, 
They will hear from me. 
Ring the bells... 
 
You can add up the parts, But you won't have the sum. 
You can strike up the march, There is no drum. 
Every heart, every heart - To love will come 
but like a refugee. 
Ring the bells... 
Ring the bells... 
That's how the light gets in, That's how... 


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