'The Partisan' by Cohen Leonard - Guitar Tutorial

             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
but I have many fri-ends,
F       F           C   E /Am Am/Am Am
  and some of them are with me.
     C   E    Am
An old woman gave us shelter,
     C   E   Am
kept us hidden in the garret,
      C     G    G
then the soldiers came;
F        F         C   E Am Am/Am Am
   she died without a whis-per.
       C     E    Am
There were three of us this morning         Hier encor nous ‚tions troi
     C  E     Am
I'm the only one this evening              Il ne reste plu que moi
    C     G   G
but I must go on;                      Et je tourne en rond
F        F           C  E Am Am/Am Am
 the fron-tiers are my pri-son.           Dans la prison des frontieres
     C     E    Am
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,          La vent passe sur les tombles
        C      E    Am
through the graves the wind is blowing,       La libert‚ reviendra
     C      G     G
freedom soon will come;                  Oh nous oubliera!
F         F           C E /Am Am/Am Am
 then we'll come from the shad-ows.         Nous retrerons dans l'ombre.
      C    E       Am
Les Alle-mands ‚-taient chez moi,    [The Germans were at my home
     C     E   Am
ons m'a dit: "Re-signe toi,"        They said, "Sign yourself,"
     C     G   G
mais je n'ai pas peur;               But I am not afraid
F     F         C  E /Am Am/Am Am
  j'ai repris mon ѓr-me.            I have retaken my weapon
       C    E     Am
J'ai chan-g‚ cent fois de nom,      I have changed names a hundred times
      C     E   Am
j'ai per-du femme et en-fants        I have lost wife and children
       C     G     G
mais j'ai tant d'a-mis;              But I have so many friends
F              C  E Am Am/Am Am
   j'ai la France en-tiЉre.            I have all of France
      C      E   Am
Un vieil homme dans un gre-nier          An old man, in an attic
     C     E  Am
pour la nuit nous a ca-ch‚s,            Hid us for the night
      C       G   G
les Alle-mands l'ont prisent;              The Germans captured him
F      F           C E Am Am/Am Am
  il est mort sans surpri-se.            He died without surprise.]
     C     E    Am
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
        C      E    Am
through the graves the wind is blowing,
     C      G     G
freedom soon will come;
F         F            C    E  Am Am/Am Am (appregio)
   then we'll come from the shad-ows.
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