Story Of Isaac chords by Leonard Cohen

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Story of Isaac

   A minorAm        FF
The door it opened slowly,

  A minorAm        FF
My father he came in,

    G+G   FF    E MajorE
I was nine years old.

    A minorAm         FF
And he stood so tall above me,

   A minorAm           FF
His blue eyes they were shining

     G+G      FF   E MajorE
And his voice was very cold.

  C majorC
He said, "I've had a vision

and you know I'm strong and holy,
    D MajorD          BB
I must do what I've been told."

    FF        Bb majorBb
So he started up the mountain,

    FF         Bb majorBb
I was running, he was walking,

     FF     G+G     A augmentedA     A minorAm
And his axe was made of gold.


Well, the trees they got much smaller,
the lake a lady's mirror,
we stopped to drink some wine.
Then he threw the bottle over.
Broke a minute later
and he put his hand on mine.
Thought I saw an eagle
but it might have been a vulture,
I never could decide.
Then my father built an altar,
he looked once behind his shoulder,
he knew I would not hide.

You who build these altars now
to sacrifice these children,
you must not do it anymore.
A augmentedA scheme is not a vision
and you never have been tempted
by a demon or a god.
You who stand above them now,
your hatchets blunt and bloody,
you were not there before,
when I lay upon a mountain
and my father's hand was trembling
with the beauty of the word.

And if you call me brother now,
forgive me if I inquire,
"Just according to whose plan?"
When it all comes down to dust
I will kill you if I must,
I will help you if I can.
When it all comes down to dust
I will help you if I must,
I will kill you if I can.
And mercy on our uniform,
man of peace or man of war,
the peacock spreads his fan.


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