Subject: c/leonard_cohen/partisan.tab
Leonard Cohen: The Partisan (La Complainte du Partisan)
(French text: Bernard, Music: Anna Marly,
English text: Hy Saret)
From the CD’s «Songs from a room», «Greatest Hits» and
«Heart Housed in a Thorn Bush» (Live at Montreux, 1984)
The pattern I play I’ve learned from a friend (erwin). Its easier to play,
But may be there is a certain loss of quality.
Erwins pattern
Am C* E*
E:———-0—————|————0—|————0—|
B:——-1——1————|———1——|———0——|
G:—-2————2——2—|——0———|——1———|
D:——————-2——|—————|—————|
A:-0————————|—3————|—————|
E:—————————|—————|—0————|
P i m a m i p i p i m a p i m a
The pattern is played two times per bar (indicated by / in first verse).
In the first and second line of every verse there are three chords per bar
And i play the pattern C* and E*.
Cohen plays ?don’t really know?
Am C* E*
E:————————-0———-|———————|——————-|
B:——-1———1——1————1-|———1———1—|———0———0-|
G:—-2———2——2————2—-|——0———0——|——1———1—-|
D:———-2——————2——-|————2———|————2——-|
A:-0———————————-|—3——————|—2—————-|
E:————————————|———————|——————-|
P i m p i m p i m p i m etc.
There are twentyfour notes (triplets) per bar, to much for my fingers.
Am Am / Am Am
/C* E* Am
When they poured a-cross the border
/C* E* Am
I was cautioned to sur-render,
/C G /G (2/4)
This I could not do;
F F /C E /Am Am/Am Am
I took my gun and van-ished.
C* E* Am
I have changed my name so often,
C* E* Am
I’ve lost my wife and children
C G G
