Anthem chords by Leonard Cohen
Intro 1
Bbm
Ab
Verse 1
Db
The birds they sang, at the break of day
Ab
Db
Start again, I heard them say
F
Bbm
Don't dwell on what has passed away
Ab
Or what is yet to be
Db
Yeah, the wars they will be fought again
Ab
Db
The holy dove, she will be caught again
F
Bbm
Bought and sold and bought again
Ab
The dove is never free
Chorus 1
Gb
B
Gb
Ring the bells that still can ring
B
Gb
Forget your perfect offering
Db
B
Gb
There is a crack, a crack in everything
Ebm
That's how the light gets in
Ab
Ab
Ab
Verse 2
Db
We asked for signs, the signs were sent
Ab
Db
The birth betrayed, the marriage spent
F
Bbm
Yeah, the widowhood of every goverment
Ab
Signs for all to see
Db
I can't run no more with that lawless crowd
Ab
While the killers in high places
Db
say their prayers out loud
F
But they've summoned,
Bbm
they've summoned up a thundercloud
Ab
And they're going to hear from me
(...ring, ring, ring)
Chorus 2
Gb
B
Gb
Ring the bells that still can ring
B
Gb
Forget your perfect offering
Db
B
Gb
There is a crack, a crack in everything
Ebm
That's how the light gets in
Ab
Ab
Ab
Verse 3
Db
You can add up the parts
you won't have the sum
Ab
You can strike up the march,
Db
there is no drum
F
Bbm
Every heart, every heart to love will come
Ab
But like a refugee (...ring, ring, ring)
Chorus 3
Gb
B
Gb
Ring the bells that still can ring
B
Gb
Forget your perfect offering
Db
B
Gb
There is a crack, a crack in everything
Ebm
That's how the light gets in
Ab
Ab
Ab
Gb
B
Gb
Ring the bells that still can ring
B
Gb
Forget your perfect offering
Db
B
Gb
There is a crack, a crack in everything
Ebm
That's how the light gets in
Ab
That's how the light gets in
Outro 1
That's how the light gets in
Db
Db
Ab
Db
F
Bbm
Ab
Ab
[Repeat and fade]
Anthem
Leonard Cohen
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