Story Of Isaac tab by Leonard Cohen

Tabs

Tuning: standard tuning. 4/4. Emphasis on 1st and 4th beat in each bar.
  A minorAm
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
BB|--1---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|-1-----------------|
G+G|------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-----|
D MajorD|----------2-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|---------2---------|
A augmentedA|----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|

  A minorAm
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
BB|--1---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|-1-----------------|
G+G|------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-----|
D MajorD|----------2-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|---------2---------|
A augmentedA|----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
                  The door   it opened slowly    My

 A minorAm                  G+G    FF    E MajorE
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
BB|--1---------------|-1---------------|-3-------1-------|-0-----------------|
G+G|------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------2---|-----1-------1-----|
D MajorD|----------2-------|---------2-------|-----------------|---------2---------|
A augmentedA|----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|---3---3---1---1-|---0---0---0---0---|
  father  he came in     I was nine  years  old

  E MajorE         A minorAm
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
BB|--0---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|-1-----------------|
G+G|------1-------1---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-----|
D MajorD|----------2-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|---------2---------|
A augmentedA|------------------|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---|
E MajorE|----0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
        and he stood so tall a-bove me   His blue eyes they were

 A minorAm         G+G    FF     E MajorE        E MajorE
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
BB|--1---------------|-3-------1-------|-0---------------|-0-----------------|
G+G|------2-------2---|-----0-------2---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1-----|
D MajorD|----------2-------|-----------------|---------2-------|---------2---------|
A augmentedA|----0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|---3---3---1---1-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---|
  shining  and his voice was very  cold

  C majorC         C/GC/G        C majorC         C/GC/G
e|--0---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|-3------------------|
BB|------1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1------|
G+G|----------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0----------|
D MajorD|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A augmentedA|----3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3----|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
  He said "I've had a vision  And you know I'm strong and holy   I must

  D MajorD    C majorC     BB                 FF
e|--2-------0-------|-----2-----------|-2---------------|--------------------|
BB|------3-------1---|-4-----------4---|-----4-----------|-1------------------|
G+G|------------------|---------4-------|---------4---4---|-----2-------2------|
D MajorD|----0---0---------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3----------|
A augmentedA|------------3---3-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|--------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---1---1---1---1----|
  do what I've been told."            So we started  up the

  Bb majorBb         FF         Bb majorBb        FF
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
BB|--3---------------|-1---------------|-3---------------|-1------------------|
G+G|------3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2------|
D MajorD|----------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3----------|
A augmentedA|----1---1---1---1-|-----------------|---1---1---1---1-|--------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|---1---1---1---1-|-----------------|---1---1---1---1----|
 mountain   I was running  He was walking  And his axe

  G+G         A augmentedA                  A minorAm
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
BB|--0---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-1------------------|
G+G|------0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2------|
D MajorD|----------0-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|---------2----------|
A augmentedA|------------------|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0----|
E MajorE|----3---3---3---3-|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
    was made of gold.

 A minorAm
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
BB|--1---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|-1-----------------|
G+G|------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-----|
D MajorD|----------2-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|---------2---------|
A augmentedA|----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
                        Well the trees they got much

 A minorAm
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|--1---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|
G+G|------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|    etc
D MajorD|----------2-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|
A augmentedA|----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 smaller    The lake  a lady's mirror    We

Verse 2:
A minorAm
Well, the trees they got much smaller
A minorAm
The lake a lady's mirror
  G+G    FF     E MajorE
We stopped to drink some wine
    A minorAm
Then he threw the bottle over
 A minorAm
It broke a minute later
    G+G    FF    E MajorE
and he put his hand on mine
 C majorC        C/GC/G
I thought I saw an eagle
   C majorC        C/GC/G
Or it might have been a vulture
 D MajorD   C majorC   BB
I never could decide
    FF       Bb majorBb
Then my father built an altar
      FF       Bb majorBb
He looked once behind his shoulder
 FF    G+G     A augmentedA
he knew I would not hide.

You who build these altars now
To sacrifice these children,
you must not do it any more.
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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