Story of Isaac

Story of Isaac easy guitar chords by Leonard Cohen

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    The door 
    it opened 
    slowly 

    My 
    father 
    he came 
    in 

    I was 
    nine 
    years 
    old 

    And 
    he stood 
    so 
    tall 
    above 
    me 

    Blue 
    eyes 
    they were 
    shining 

    And his 
    voice 
    was 
    very 
    cold 

    Verse 2

    He 
    said, "I've 
    had 
    a vision 

    And you 
    know I'm 
    strong 
    and holy 

    I must 
    do 
    what 
    I've 
    been 
    told" 

    So 
    he started 
    up 
    the 
    mountain 

    was 
    running, 
    he was 
    walk
    ing 

    And his 
    axe 
    was made 
    of 
    gold 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 3
    Well, 
    the 
    trees 
    they got 
    much 
    smaller

    The 
    lake, 
    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 

    Verse 4
    Thought 
    I saw 
    an 
    eagle 

    But it 
    might have 
    been 
    vulture 

    never 
    could 
    decide 

    Then 
    my 
    father 
    built 
    an al
    tar 

    He 
    looked 
    once 
    behind 
    his shoulder 

    He knew 
    would not 
    hide 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 5
    You 
    who build 
    these al
    tars 
    now 

    To sac
    rifice 
    these 
    chil
    dren 

    You 
    must 
    not 
    do it 
    anymore 

    A scheme 
    is not 
    a vis
    ion 

    And you 
    never 
    have 
    been 
    tempted 

    By 
    demon 
    or a God 


    Verse 6
    You 
    who stand 
    above 
    them 
    now 

    Your 
    hatchets 
    blunt 
    and 
    bloody 

    You 
    were not 
    there 
    be
    fore 

    When I 
    lay 
    upon 
    a moun
    tain 

    And 
    my 
    father's 
    hand 
    was 
    trem
    bling 

    With 
    the 
    beauty 
    of 
    the word 

    Interlude 3

    Verse 7
    And 
    if 
    you call 
    me 
    brother 
    now 

    Forgive 
    me 
    if I 
    inquire 

    "Just 
    ac
    cording 
    to 
    whose 
    plan?" 

    When it 
    all 
    comes 
    down 
    to dust 

    I will 
    kill 
    you 
    if I must 

    I will 
    help 
    you 
    if I can

    Verse 8
    When it 
    all 
    comes 
    down 
    to dust 

    will help 
    you 
    if I 
    must 

    will 
    kill 
    you 
    if I 
    can 

    And 
    mercy 
    on 
    our 
    uniform 

    Man 
    of 
    peace 
    or 
    man 
    of war 

    The peacock 
    spreads 
    his 
    fan 

    Outro 1

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