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Leonard Cohen - Anthem Chords

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Anthem Chords

(ver. 1)
Leonard Cohen
[Intro]
Bm      A


[Verse]
               D
The birds they sang at the break of day
     A            D        D7
Start again, I heard them say
      F#7                Bm
Don't dwell on what has passed away
           A       Asus4     A5  A7  A
or what is yet to be.

           D
The wars they will be fought again
       A             D          D7
The holy dove be caught again
      F#7              Bm
bought and sold and bought again
         A     Asus4       A5   A7  A
the dove is never free.

[Chorus]
                 G          C        G
        Ring the bells that still can ring.
                    C           G
        Forget your perfect offering.
                   D        C        G
        There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
                       Em                A    Asus4   A
        That's how the light gets in.

[Verse 2]

              D
We asked for signs the signs were sent:
      A                  D        D7
the birth betrayed the marriage spent
    F#m                  Bm
the widowhood, of every government -
         A     Asus4       A5   A7  A
signs for all to see.

               D
Can't run no more with the lawless crowd
      A                     D                       D7
while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud.
         F#m                Bm
But they've summoned up a thundercloud
         A     Asus4       A5   A7  A
and they're going to hear from me.

[Chorus]
                 G          C        G
        Ring the bells that still can ring.
                    C           G
        Forget your perfect offering.
                   D        C        G
        There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
                       Em                A    Asus4   A
        That's how the light gets in.

[Verse 3]
                       D
You can add up the parts but you won't have the sum
               A                 D       D7
You can strike up the march, there is no drum
   F#m                Bm
Every heart to love will come
         A     Asus4       A5   A7  A
but like a refugee.

[Chorus]
                 G          C        G
        Ring the bells that still can ring.
                    C           G
        Forget your perfect offering.
                   D        C        G
        There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
                       Em                A    Asus4   A
        That's how the light gets in.

                 G          C        G
        Ring the bells that still can ring.
                    C           G
        Forget your perfect offering.
                   D        C        G
        There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
                       Em                A    Asus4   A
        That's how the light gets in.


                Em                A    Asus4   A
that's how the light gets in
                 Em                A    Asus4   A
that's how the light gets in
            
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