Anthem
Leonard CohenVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
The wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.
:
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack, a crack, in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
the widowhood
of every government -
signs for all to see.
Can't run no more
with the lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summed up
thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.
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
to love will come
but like a refugee.
that's how the light gets in
that's how the light gets in
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Readable chord sheet for Anthem by Leonard Cohen
[Am] [G] Th[C]e birds they sang at the break of day St[G]art again I [C]heard t[C7]hem say Do[E7]n't dwell on what ha[Am]s passed away or[G] what is y[Gsus4]et to be. [G5] [G7] [G] The wars they will be fought again The holy dove be caught again bought and sold and bought again the dove is never free. : [F] Ring th[Bb]e bells that[F] still can ring. [Bb] Forget yo[F]ur perfect offering. [C] There[Bb] is a crack,[F] a crack, in everything. [Dm] That's how the[G] light [Gsus4]gets in. [G] We asked for signs the signs were sent: the birth betrayed the marriage spent the widowhood of every government - signs for all to see. Can't run no more with the lawless crowd while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud. But they've summed up [a] thundercloud and they're going to hear from me. 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 to love will come but like a refugee. that's how the light gets in that's how the light gets in [instrumental verse twice and fade]